Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET Beanie Walker, the Western sporting writer, has been jabbing his Waterman into a hernet's nest. He has asked several prominent sporting gentlemen the following question: "Is James J. Jeffries still the heavyweight champion of the world, and why or why-not?" Beanie has been reading the press notices. Every few days during the theatrical season Jimma da Jeff was credited with some such crack as this: "When I am through with my theatrical duties and my contract with Mr. So-and-So is fulfilled, etc., etc., I will defend my title against any man in the world, etc., etc." The joke underneath the whole thing is that Jim Jeffries does not claim the title. Probably his press agent does, but Jim says he claims nothing except that he can make black Jack Johnson climb a tree and roar for the reserves. In spite of this frank statement from the Carlsbad tourist, the answers to Beanie's question were varied and interesting. The warmest one came from poor, old, sourballed Billy Delaney, who has never forgiven Jeff for not fighting Squires. At one time there was a chance for such a battle. Delaney opened negotiations and offered Squires a good loser's end of the split. When Jeffries heard about it, he threw up both hands and declared that Squires would have been glad to fight for $5,000 and a chance at the title. DELANEY SORE ON JEFFRIES. Billy Delaney, who had been gum-sheathing about, trying to arrange a match between Jeff and the Antipodean demon, came back with a scream that is still echoing among the Western hills. Billy saw a chance to get some money out of a Jeffries-Squires battle, and he will always claim that Jeffries threw him down. Briefly, here is the history of the heavyweight championship since the day Jeff abandoned it in San Francisco. In August, 1904, Jeff shook the Roquefort tree, and landed that fine, rich, full-flavored fragment of cheese, Jack Monroe. Monroe stood two walls and had to be rescued by the referee. Jeff was disgusted. If Monroe was the best of the aspirants for the title, there was no more money in sight. Jeffries retired, and announced his intention from the housetops. It was many months before he was credited with honesty of purpose. One year after the retirement Hart and Root fought in Reno, and an enterprising manager announced that Jeff, the referee, world hand over the title to the winner. Jeff has since denied that he could do such a thing. At any rate, Hart won, and a few months afterward boxed twenty rounds with Tommy Burns, a fat middleweight, who had been wintering in Los Angeles. Burns outpointed Hart by the jab and hug route, and before his gloves were cool claimed the heavyweight championship of the world. BURNS GRABBED THE TITLE Nobody took Burns seriously, Hart had fought such a wretched battle that his claim to the title seemed worthless. Burns was the only man in the world who took the situation seriously, and he immediately purchased a silk tile, a frock coat and some canes and prepared to defend his "title" against the world and the newspapers. Along came the malodorous affair with Jack O'Brien, and after that Bill Squires walked down the gangplank, threw out his mighty chest and announced himself. Bill gave the Western folks a chill. They said he was another Fitzzimmons, and it must be admitted that he looked the part. Tommy Burns was led to the sacrifice. Nobody thought he could win, but he would do as well as any other man in the role of a burnt offering. Squires turned out to be Tommy's first lemon, and the international crop lasted nobly until Johnson broke on the fruit seeds. first season. Had Squires beaten Burns in easy fashion, Jeffries would surely have been dragged out of retirement. After the Burns-Squires battle Jim laughed and went back to his safe. He was perfectly willing that Burns should call himself the heavyweight champion, and was never heard to question Tommy's right to the distinction. JOHNSON REAL CHAMPION Johnson is now the heavyweight champion of the world. He beat the man who beat the champion of Australia and England. Had the negro's fought one of his good fights against Burna, he would have made a better impression, but he won and won all the way in a miserably slow, weak exhibition of stalling and clutching. Jack Johnson can whip Tommy Burns every day in the week, and he hits out six days out of seven, for Burns was always more than on average, second-rated middleweight, reinforced by twenty or thirty pounds of fat. He slipped through to the front at a time when there were no men in America to dispute his claim, and no fighters worthy the name in England or Australia. With these few words, we will now turn to some of the anwers received by Walker. Note the howl of Billy Delaney maker of chawkins: "By crawling out of his match with Squires, Jeffries paved the way for Johnson to become champion. Jeffries is the champion four-fourth of the world. Johnson is champion pugilist of the world, and if he waits for Jeffries to fight him, he will take the title to the grave with him." That is a pretty strong come-back for an old man who lost a few dollars by offering Squires a fat losing end. Billy's personal animus is quite plain but he tips his hand by mentioning the Squires arrangement. Had he told the whole truth about that affair his cards would have been on the table, face up. Our own Tawm Sharkey says: "There is only one heavyweight champion, and that is Jim Jeffries. As a matter of fact, neither Burns nor Johnson ever fought any of the real aspirants for the title, and the only excuse for the claim of Johnson was Jeffries's complete retirement." NAUGHTON REJECTS JEFFERIES Ursula Bill Naughton says, "Jeffries's contention that he is the champion of the world is ridiculous. He is no more champion of the world at the present time than Theodore Roosevelt is President of the United States. He laid down his laurels years ago, and after much shuttle-cocking and battledoring, the wreath settled on the dusky brow of one Jack Johnson, where it reposes at present. It is for Jeffries to knock it off. As it stands, the boilermaker has simply announced his candidacy for a second term." Tom Andrews, of Milwaukee, says, "Cannot agree that Jeffries is still the champion of the world. Jeffries publicly announced his retirement at Reno in 1905. By remaining in retirement so long he forfeited the right to the title, and therefore I consider Jack Johnson the rightful holder at the present time." EYTON AGAINST JOHNSON Charlie Eyton, the referee, says: "Jeffries has as much right to claim that he is still the champion as Johnson has to claim the title. We would scarcely have accepted Tommy Burns as the champion had Jeffries got back into the game at any time during Tommy's reign." Billy Delaney, W. W. Naughton, Tom Andrews, Beanie Walker, E. W. Dickerson, Spike Slattery and Harry Gilmore are all for Johnson. Charlie Eyton, Tom Sharkey, Ad Wolgast and Tom Jones, Billy Papke, Joe Woodman, T. J. McCarey, Baron Long and Otto Floto, think Jeff should be recognized as a champion at the present time. Some of the experts grow quite warm while discussing the subject. It is a pity they do not know that Jeffries does not now claim the title. "Claim what?" says Jeff. "I claim nothing—NOTHING!" Gentlemen, be seated and cool off.—New York American. $150.00 Endowment Paid Norfolk, Va., Aug. 11, 1909. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A. S. A., E., A., A. and A., ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother Peter Bryant who was a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 3, of Norfolk, Va. Signed: LIZZIE BELLE BRYANT, Beneficiary Witnesses: Geo. W. Davenport, C. C. D. J. Roberts, K. of R. & S. C. M. Perkins, M. of F. M. Isbell, D. D. G. C. COLORED, MEN WANTED To learn the Automobile Trade. Complete, Course of Instruction. Price, $10.00 Cash, which includes 24 Lessons, Book on Repairs and Troubles, 1 Working Model Gasoline Engine, 1 Working Model Magneto. These Models actually work. The best Course on Earth, Teaching you Everything there is to Learn about the Automobile. Send to ORLANDO WARRICK, General Agent, Box 442, Clarion, Pa. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1909. SAYS SHE HAS RENTED CLAY-STREET HOME Colored Woman Calls to Inspect Premises in White Section. Richmond, Va. Aug. 14 — Claiming that she had already rented the house, and therefore had the privilege of looking it over preparatory to moving in, a colored woman walked up to the front door a few days ago of the house at 306 East Clay Street, rented and now occupied by E. C. and W. L. Wills, and demanded of the colored servant that she be shown through the rooms. The servant was rather taken attack, but as soon as she recovered her presence of mind she informed the Visitor that she would not only show her through the house, but would not even admit her. Whereon the latter marched off, her head high in the air and her skirts swishing omnibusly. NEIGHBORHOOD UPSET. Several people in the neighborhood heard of the colored woman's visit and her claim of having rented the house, and subjected to the fear that they would soon be surrounded by a colored colony, instituted inquiries to see whether there was any truth in the woman's statement. R. H. Hanse, who lives at 304 East Clay Street, just a door above the Wills home, telephoned to the real estate agents of the latter place and asked them whether they had rented it to a colored family. The agents denied the report emphatically, but there is still much uneasiness in the vicinity, owing to the fact that John Mitchell, a well-known colored man, has bought the northwest corner at Taken and Clay Streets for the purpose of building a bank there. It is stated, though the report could not be confirmed last night, that Mitchell, who is president of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, acquired the property by deed of transfer, a white man acting as the gobetween, at the price of $25. Mitchell now has the property in his own name, and plans for the bank have already been drawn. Mitchell is also the owner of four residences on Clay Street, as he stated in a meeting of the Street Committee some time ago, and is also said to own a house on the corner of Fifth and Leigh Streets. OWNERS ARE APPREHENSIVE All these properties are, however, rented to white people, though it is supposed that few, if any of them, know who the owner is. No attempt, until the one recently reported, has been made, however, to rent the house to colored people, and theres was, of course, no cause for alarm. But with the visit of the colored woman at 306 East Clay much apprehension has been aroused at the prospect of a negro incursion, and several white families who live in their own houses, have become excited and nervous over the idea of living next door to a colored population. If such an invasion of a hitherto white community were to come, it is said that there would be a great depreciation in property values, and that owners would see a fall of at least 20 per cent. in the value of their houses. The alarm was somewhat allayed when it was learned that the agents for the house at 306 East Clay Street had denied that they were contemplating renting it to colored people. PRESENT OCCUPANTS E. C. Wills said last night that he and his brother, joint renters, would continue their lease if the agents would consent to certain repairs which they have demanded. The list of repairs they need will be submitted to the agents to-day. If the improvements should not be granted, the Wills family will move out at the expiration of their lease, September 1. The house would then be for rent, and it remains to be seen whether negro occupancy would be permitted. None of the family saw the colored woman when she called and asked to see the house, but the servant dismissed her on the spot. NEGRO QUARTER OVERCROWDED The matter, according to certain statements, seems to resolve itself into a sort of economic question. Jackson Ward is filled to overflowing, and it is occupied mainly by the lower class of negroes. The better class of colored people wants to move from its present confines, and extension is sought in the direction of Clay Street. The population is increasing so rapidly that in a few years other quarters for the better negro element will, it would seem, be absolutely necessary. But extension into Clay Street will be fought strenuously, and if it were contemplated seriously, there is probability that the question would have to be threshed out in the courts. — James D. Duncan Mr. Beckham Speaks. Philadelphia, Ph. July 25, 1909. 1006 Baitbridge Street. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. Editor of Rlumbond PLANET, Richmond, Va. Dear Sir:— I have been sounding" some leading white men, and I have a "great light" for you. Please consider it, in your interest. Where two men, have a quarrel for which both must fight to the death, to save both, friends must keep them apart until the matter is adjusted. The white man says, "This is a white man's country only." If a real negro national representative of his race bowed and acknowledged this dictum, the negro race would be a people without a country. If there were a real negro national representative of his race, he would to die himself, and his people with him before being made to say, "This is a white man's country, because such a renouncement from a real negro national representative would make the negro race a people without a country." Now if there ever had been a real negro national representative of his race, the white would have thrown this proposition to his face, vla: "This is a white man's country, and made him say, Yes, it is," or fight. That is, if the real white man could ever have met the real negro on a political battlefield, a "flight to the finish" of the "whose country is this" issue would have been forced on the real negro representative, and he would have lost. His race could not fight. Now, Mr. Mitchell hear some good and serious advice from great and good friends who have long worked to save you and your race. During the political struggle between black and white since 1865, it would have been political subdue for the negro race to have, bad a real negro national representative. On this account, and on this account only, the United States Federal Government has always appointed to the highest representative places, not real negroes, but, such men as Fred Douglass and Booker T. Washington. There would certainly have been a fatal clash of the races otherwise, for had there been, anywhere visible, on the national political battle-ground, a real negro head representative of his race, the white leaders would have made for him and forced this great question on him. Just as a fatal quarrel between two men is kept unsettled till it dies out of itself by keeping them apart, so the United States Government and other friends of the negro race have saved the race by this expedient of keeping it out of national sight in politics. For example, if you yourself held the national place of Booker T. Washington, every southern white who could find or reach you would point blank ask you, "John Mitchell, is this a white man's country only, or is it not?" If you said, "It is a black man's too," you would be called a liar and shot. Such a question cannot be put to Booker T. Washington. It would be impossible to expect an answer. Now, your friends have been hoping that, in the course of time (just as patience brought their emancipation without extermination) your great and good friends hope that time, your patience and good behavior and change of conditions will bury the now and mortal quarrel between white and black in the south about whose country it is, and you will be received and treated as a citizen without having to make a fatal physical combat for it. "Till then you do not want any real nego leading national political representatives. What you want and what is best for you, is your affectionate brother between you and your white enemy—who is after your political scalp. Now, I have written you this letter after communicating with some of the best wisest and most knowing white friends your race has in this country. You have said that there "never was a greater case of tar and tartar than that of the black and white races in the south." Yes, there is just one greater case: it is; You and I. My brother, I am your saviour. If I had not been standing in front of you the devil would have caught you. So we had better pull together N. B.—All this time, the white man has been out (in the political woods) looking for you. He could only find me. I was no game. So long as he comes his gun you will only be a target if you "politically" appear. Wait till he leaves his gun at home before you come out from behind me. Your subscription to the PLANET is use. Have you paid 22 The Virginia delegation to the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, N. A. S. A., E. A. A. and A., left last Thursday night at 11 o'clock via the C. & O. R. R. For the first time in the history of the state, colored men chartered a Pullman sleeping car with all of the conveniences for eating and sleeping. A FINE ARRANGEMENT. It is provided with a kitchen range, ice-box, etc., and was stocked by the committee. It has twenty-eight births and is modern in every respect. The party made arrangements to spend a day in St. Louis, and will reach Kansas City, Missouri Sunday morning. THOSE WHO LEFT HERE OTHERS TO JOIN THEM They will be met at Staunton by A. C. Mabrey and at Clifton Forge by Col. U. S. G. Patterson. This delegation goes under the instructions of the Grand Lodge of Virginia to present the name of John Mitchell, Jr., as candidate for the office of Supreme Chancellor. The party will reach Richmond on the return trip August 31, 1909. * Notice. The 1909 issue of the "Southern Aid Messenger" is about ready for the press, reliable parties wishing reservation of space may secure same by applying for it at once, as there will be no solicitors of ads for this issue. Terms and rates will be mailed to all out-of-town inquiries. Remember, this magazine will be beautifully illustrated, and for a general free distribution—None ever sold—Your ad. will reach hundred of thousands. Address, Adv. Dept. Southern Aid Society, 527 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. 4-4 FOR RENT—Two beautiful office rooms in Southern Aid Society's new modern office building, located right in center of Negro business section. The rate is low and includes gas, electricity, water, steam heat, janitor service and other modern sanitary arrangements. These two rooms adjoin and can be "en suite." For information apply at the building, 527 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. WANTED—A good barber. Address E. R. Spaulding, Owego House Barber Shop, Owego, N. Y. Notice. Examination for Superintendent of Nurses for Richmond Hospital will be held Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1909, at 406 East Baker Street, Richmond, Va. All applications must be filed with the Secretary by Sept. 1, 1909. Signed: DR. M. B. JONES, Surgeon in Chief. DR. D. A. FERGUSON, Secretary. Rev. Dr. Graham Will Go Too. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., will leave for Kansas City, Mo., to-morrow night to attend the sessions of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., B., A., A. and A. Owing to attending the Sunday School Convention at Danville, Va., he was unable to leave on the special Fullman sleeping car, chartered to carry the Virginia delegation. A VOICE FROM NEW JERSEY. A Comprehensive Editorial—Wants a Criminal Work-house and a Cure. Elberon, N. J., Aug. 10, 1909. Mr. Editor:---- Upon receipt of The PLANET this morning, I read with keenest interest, your very clear and comprehensive and more lengthy editorial dealing with the criminal classes amongst the race seemingly in connection with your editorial of July 17, 1909, under the heading "The ill-bred criminal" loafing elements amongst us." As I gave some attention to that editorial, I simply wish to say in connection with your editorial at hand of Aug. 7th, under the heading "Some thing must be done" In your first article you suggested "Reform for the criminal classes of our race, and aid in preventing the rising generation from being criminals." A CURING REMEDY Such a suggestion is understood to mean that the people should endeavor to find a curing remedy for the criminally diseased classes, now in their midst and a preventative remedy to keep the rising generation from becoming criminals, and it was strictly that meaning I took hence my reply as given in The PLANET by your as kindness. July 31st. Now your editorial of August 7th suggested a criminal work-house, and the joining of the patriotic colored citizens, with the better class of the white citizens, in punishing crime. In that sentiment and wise suggestion surely all good citizens must agree that you are certainly giving wise, sound and worthy counsel, and we should all hope to see proper action taken by the people to carry out your plan, also we should all hope for the very best results to the good of the general public therefrom. THE EFFECT OF PUNISHMENT At all times however we must be mindful of the one fact, that punishment is not a curing remedy. Certainly it is a treatment for the criminally diseased, but all of us must know that there is a very great difference between a mere treatment remedy, and that of a curing remedy. I can only trust not to be misunderstood in my concluding lines in a simple statement of fact, in saying that criminals have constantly increased and crime has fattened and grown on the punishing treatment to such an extent that the wisest of men have failed to invent schemes strong enough to subdue crime, nor institutions vile enough to cure the criminal classes and turn them against, and to keep them away from crime. Is it not our duty then to seek a cure, rather than a treatment? PERSONALS AND BRIEFS. Rev. Richard Ashe, of Newport News, Va., passed through the city en route to Lynchburg, Va. Mr. F. W. Crawley, of Hampton, Va., called on us this week in company with Mr. W. P. Burrell. Mr. David B. Kyles, of Passaic N. J., is visiting his sisters Mrs. Rosa A. Scott and Mrs. Bettie G. McCraw. Mr. I. S. P. Robinson, of West Point, passed through the city en route to Fredericksburg, to attend the B. S. S. Convention. Mrs. Emily Monroe, of Washington, D. C., was in the city this week and called on us. Rev. James E. Cousins, of Newport News, Va., called on us, and is stopping at his sister's 710 West Leigh Street. Mrs. Rosa A. Hodge, who has been visiting in this city, has returned to her home in Henderson, N. C. She was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Brown, 414 Louisiana Street. We have received "The Key" by Mr. James Samuel Stemons, comprising his treatise, "Why Crime Increases among Negroes." The price is ten cents and may be obtained by addressing him at 524 South Hicks Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Jesse E. Brown and her niece Mrs. Ella B. Glenn, of Louisville, Ky., are visiting relatives and friends in Virginia and West Virginia. Sir A. E. Broaddus, who has been at Curl Neck farm, four or five months, is on his way back to his home in King William County, Va. Miss Lucile E. Dandridge, the accomplished little daughter of Mrs. M. Alice Dandridge, of New Orleans, La., is visiting her relatives in Richmond, Va. She will leave some time this-week for Philadelphia, Balti more and other cities. She is quite charmed with Virginia and especially Richmond and is quite sorry to leave. SHOT TO DEATH Fatal Fight in the County—The Murderer Captured. The following report from Sussex County, under date of August 17th, explains itself: Evergreen Massenburg, colored, about twenty-four years of age, who was shot Saturday night at Waverly by Arthur Mason, colored, died last night in the Petersburg Hospital of his injuries. The wounded man was brought to Petersburg at a late hour Saturday night, and received prompt medical attention. Coroner Leigh and a jury held an inquest on a body this afternoon. The only witness of the shooting to appear before the jury was Waverly G. Banks, colored, of Waverly, who stated in substance that while in Fleetwood's store, at Waverly, about $:30 o'clock Saturday night, he heard some one say there was a fight outside. He went to the door, saw Massenburg and Mason in a difficulty, and saw the former strike Mason with a stick. The stick broke, and Massenburg ran into the store, and there stopped to look around after Mason. As he stopped Mason shot him with a pistol at a distance of about ten feet; Mason shot a second time, but did not hit Massenburg then. The wounded man was taken to Dr. May's office and afterwards sent to Petersburg, 'the witness did not know what the two men quarreled about. Dr. J. B. Jones, who performed the autopsy on Massenburg's body, told of the damage done by Mason's bullet. It perforated the stomach and intestines in several places, and death was caused by shock and rupture of these organs. The jury rendered a verdict that Massenburg came to his death from pistol-shot wounds inflicted by Arthur Mason. Mason has been arrested for the murder, and is held in the jail of Sussex county for trial at the next term of the Circuit Court. He was caught asleep in the woods Sunday afternoon about two miles from Waverly. Didn't Know His Owe Father An amusing mistake took place on Navy Hill last Wednesday night. It seems that a prominent citizen's son was told that his father was sick and indisposed and in a condition which he was not able to take care of himself. He was told that his father had been seen in the company of another prominent colored citizen and that he had imbibed too freely. At a cost of $1.00, the citizen was hurried to his residence and his bald head was considered to be sufficient mark of identification. His wife got the hot water to bathe his brow and asked that the thoroughly drunken husband he turned over. She was horrified to learn that she did not even know the man. He was hustled out of the house by the angry son and the Police patrol did the rest. Every body languished when they saw the prominent citizen on his way home and he did not discover the "joke" until he reached home, where his wife was cleaning up the house due to the unloading of the stomach of the unfortunate stranger. The son is out just one dollar and his angry father is not in a condition to even converse with an off-spring who would for an instant believe that he would permit himself to get into such a disgraceful condition. The whole neighborhood is laughing, but the family concerned insists "that it is no laughing matter." Ho! For White City! Get Ready and Go, The young Men's Helping Hand Association is giving an excursion to White City, Sunday night. September 5th, at 12:30 and will arrive at White City on Labor Day in Norfolk and Western R. R. Fare for round trip, $1.50. Children between 5 and 12 years $85 cents. All rail route. Leave White City 6:30 Monday evening. It is not given for the benefit of the Usher's Board of the First Baptist Church as stated on the bills. The Officers of the Helping Hand Association are as follows: Shirley Scott President; Henry G. Carter, Vice-President; William Randall, Treasurer; Moses N. Whitlock, Secy. Committee: Henry G. Carter, Wm. Randall, Moses N. Whitlock, Luscious Storm, Abraham Wilder, Charles W. Roberson. John G. Smith, Robert Kenny, Shirley Scott, General Manager. TWO &YNOPSIS CHAPTER I - Murray Sinclair and his gang of wreckers were called out to clear the streets at Smokey Creek. CHAPTER II - McCloud and his superintendent, caught Sinclair and his men in the act of locating the wrecked car, and proceeded to declear it. It only amounted to great for the men. McCloud discharged the whole outfit and ordered the wrecked car. CHAPTER III - McCloud became accustomed with Dickie Dunning a girl of the west, who came to look at the wrecked car, and a message for Sinclair. CHAPTER IV - McCloud sent told President Buck of the railroad, of McCloud's brave fight against a gang of armed miners and that was the moment to his high office. McCloud arraigned to board at the boarding house Sinclair, the ex-forman's deserted wife. CHAPTER V - Dickie Dunning was the daughter of the late Richard Dunn, who shop and a fight between him and McCloud shortly after his wife's death occurred after one year of married life. CHAPTER VI - Sinclair visited Matter Street and a fight between him and McCloud, shortly after his death occurred after one year of married life. CHAPTER VII - Smokey Cheek bridge was mysteriously burned. McCloud prepared to face the situation. President Smith insisted Smith that he had work ahead. CHAPTER VIII - McCloud worked for days and finally got the division running. It was good order. He overharrived Dickle erring his method, to marion Schnail. CHAPTER IX - A stock train was wrecked by an open switch. Later a parapole robed. Two men of a poor purse carried the bandits were killed. McCloud was put off that Whispering Smith was to attack the McCloud. CHAPTER X - Bill Dancing a food man, proposed that Sinclair and his gang be sent to hunt the bandits. Aanger appeared with authority told Dancer that the stranger was "Whispering Smith." CHAPTER XI - Smith approached Sinclair. He tried to buy him off, but failed. He warned McCloud that his life was in danger. CHAPTER XII - McCloud was carried forcibly into Lance Dunning's presence. Dunning refused the railroad a right-of-way. On his way home a shot interfered to prevent a shooting affray. CHAPTER XIII - Dickle met McCloud on a lonely trail. He warned his life was in danger. On his way home a shot passed through his hat. CHAPTER XIV - Whispering Smith reported that Iu Dang, one of Sinclair's men, killed McCloud. He and Saw du Dang. CHAPTER XV-Whispering Smith tainted Du Sang and told him to get out and to succumb to the blunt. Du Sang seemed to succumb to the blunt. CHAPTER XVI-McCloud's big construction job was taken from him because of an injunction issued to Lance and Du Sang. Du Sang floodified further railroad operations. CHAPTER XVII-Beset by flood Dickies asked Marion to visit her. Marion proposed asking aid to the stem of the flood at first Dickies refused. Then she agreed. CHAPTER XVIII-Arriving at the camp, they learned Smith had followed them from the ranch to be sure of their safety. Dickies offered the aid of 100 men and equipment. CHAPTER XIX-Similary Dickies the story of his railroad career. CHAPTER XX-Lance Dunning read accepted the aid of McCloud's men when he must progress. Dickies entered Dickies. CHARTER XXI. - McCloud succeeded in halting the fire. He accepted Dumont's request. CHARTER XXII. - Dickle and Marion visited Sinclair at his ranch. He tried to persuade his deserted wife to return to him. CHARTER XXIII. - A train was held up and robbed, the bandits escaping Smith, and McCloud started in pursuit. CHARTER XXIV. - They hit the wrong tree and themselves and again started pursuit. CHARTER XXV. - At Bagga ranch Du Bang killed old Bagga. Whispering Smith became a bad son. CHARTER XXVI. - They to Willamene Cacle. Smith was certain the bandits were there. He importuned Rebeck. Smith was certain the bandits. Rebeck refused. Smith declared he would clean out the whole gang, including Rebeck. CHARTER XXVII. - Smith came upon the bandits. Du Bang rushed them all. He set in pursuit of one, the other two being hopeful. CHARTER XXVIII. - Du Bang died of his wounds. The party started for home. CHARTER XXIX. - Medicine Bend heard the news of the capture. McCloud's match with Dickle progressed favorably. CHAPTER XXX - Smith returned to Michigan and expressed the be- lief Dicke and Sound had be- come engaged with the XXX-XXI-Martin again returned to with Sinchair CHAPTER XXXII-Smith reported to President Bucke. In attempting to serve a warrant on Sinclair, Sheriff Banks was the Duty was then assigned to Smith. CHAPTER XXXIII-Smith prepared to pursue Sinclair. Marion prayed that he should come back alive. He learned that Sinclair, Kestock and an escaped bound had joined forces. He started after them with Wickwife. CHAPTER XXXIV-Smith invaded the town. Kestock and his feriously pulled himself out of a tight hole. He arrested a horse-thief, Sinclair had gone, presumably to kill McCloud. CHAPTER XXXV-Smith visited the town. He was given sympathy. Dickie knew of the crime. Sinclair started for Medicine Bend. CHAPTER XXXVI-Dickie reproved her cousin for not arresting Sinclair. She was arrested. She passed Sinclair on the way and was thrown bruised and bleeding against Marion's door. CHAPTER XXXVII-Dickie told her story. The doctor who attended her refused Sinclair admission. The murderer sought McCloud, but the latter was 200 miles away. Then Smith came, but Sinclair CHAPTER XXXVIII At the Door. She woke in a dream of hoofs beating at her brain. Distracted words fell from her lips, and when she opened her swollen eyes and saw those about her she could only scream. Marion had called up the stable, but the stablemen could only tell her that Dickie's horse in terrible condition, had come in riderless. While Barnhardt, the railway surgeon, at the bedside administered restoratives, Marion talked with him of Dickie's sudden and mysterious coming. Dickie, lying in pain and quite conscious, heard all, but, unable to explain, moaned in her helplessness. She heard Marion at length tell the doctor that McCloud was out of town, and the news seemed to bring back her senses. Then, rising in the bed, while the surgeon and Marion coaked her WHISPERING SMITH BY FRANK H. SPEARMAN. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANDRE BOWLES COPYRIGHT BY CHAP. SCRIBBERG SUNS to lie down, she clutched at their arms and, looking from one to the other, told her story. When it was done she swapped out but she woke to hear volees in the door of the shop. She beard as if she dressed up at the door the words were dreed reality. Sinclair had made good his word, and had come out of the storm with a summons upon Marion and it was the surgeon who threw open the door and saw Sinclair standing in the snow. No man in Medicine Bend knew Sinclair more thoroughly or feared him less than Barnhardt. No man could better meet him or speak to him with less of hesitation. Sinclair, as he faced Barnhardt, was not easy in spite of his dogged self-control; and he was standing, much to his annoyance, in the glaze of an air-light that swung across the street in front of the shop. He was well aware that no such light had ever swung within a block of the shop before and in it he saw the hand of Whispering Smith. The light was unexpected, Barnhardt was a surprise, and even the falling snow, which protected him from being seen 20 feet away, angered him. He asked curly who was ill, and without awaiting an answer asked for his wife. The surgeon eyed him coldly. "Sinclair, what are you doing in Medicine Bend?" Have you come to surrender yourself? "Surrender myself!? Yes. I'm ready any time to surrender myself. Take me along yourself. Barnhardt, if you think I've done worse than any man would that has been bounded as I've been bounded. I want to see my wife." "Sinclair, you can't see your wife." "What's the matter—is she sick?" "No, but you can't see her." "Who says I can't see her?" "I say so." Sinclair swept the lee furiously from his beard and his right hand fell to his hip as he stepped back. "You've turned against me too, have you, you gray-haired wolf! Can't see her! Get out of that door." The surgeon pointed his finger at the murderer. "No, I won't get out of this door. Shoot, you coward!" Shoot an unarmed man. You will not live to get 100 feet away. This place is watched for you; you could not have got within 100 yards of it to night except for this snow." Barnhart pointed through the storm. "Sinchair, you will hang in the courthouse square, and I will take the last beat of your pulse with these fingers, and when I proounce you dead they will cut you down. You want to see your wife. You want to kill her. Don't lie; you want to kill her. - You were heard to say as much to night at the Dunning ranch. You were watched and tracked. Pierre Dugny "Who Says I Can't See Her?" and you are expected and looked for here. Your best friends have gone back on you. Ay, cure again and over again, but that will not put Ed Banks on his feet." Sinclair stamped with frenzled oaths. "You're too hard on me," he cried, clenching his hands. "I say you're too hard. You've heard one side of it. Is that the way you put judgment on a man that's got no friends left because they start a new lie on him every day? Who is it that's watching me? Let them stand out like men in the open. If they want me, let them come like men and take me!" "Sinclair, this storm gives you a chance to get away, take it. Bad as you are, there are men in Medicine Bend who knew you when you were a man. Don't stay here for some of them to sit on the jury that hangs you. If you can get away, get away. If I were your friend—and God knows whom you can call friend in Medicine Bend to night—I couldn't say more. Get away before it is too late." He was never again seen alive in Medicine Bend. They tracked him next day over every foot of ground he had covered. They found where he had left his spent horse and where afterward he had got the fresh one. They learned how he had eluded all the picketing planned for precisely such a 'contingency, got into the Wickup, up仕墀 and burst open the very door of McCloud's room. But Dicksele on her side that night One greater than her invincible will or her faithful horse. McCloud was 200 miles, away. Barnharat lost no time in telephoning the Wicklup that Sinclaira was in town, but within an hour, while the two women were still under the surgeon's protection, a knock at the cottage door gave them a second fright Barnharat answered the summons. He opened the door and, as the man outside paused to shake the snow off his THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGIN1A hat, the surgeon caught him by the shoulder and dragged into the house Whispering Smith. Picking the icicles from his hair, Smith listened to all that Barnhardt said, his eyes roving meantime over everything within the room and mentally over many things outside it. He congratulated Barnhardt, and when Marton came into the room he apologized for the snow he had brought in. Dickie heard his voice and cried out from the bedroom. They could not keep her away, and she ran out to catch his hands and plead with him not to go away. He tried to assure her that the danger was over; that guards were now outside everywhere, and would be until morning. But Dickie clung to him and would take no refusal. Whispering Smith looked at her in amazement and in admiration. "You are captain to night, Miss Dickie, by heaven. If you say the word I'll lie here on a rug till morning. But that man will not be back to night. You are a queen. If I had a mountain girl that would do as much as that for me I would—" "What would you do?" asked Marion. "Say good-by to this accursed country forever." In the morning the sun rose with a mountain smile. The storm had swept the air till the ranges shone blue and the plain sparkled under a cloudless sky. Bob Scott and Wlekwire, riding at daybreak, picked up a trail on the Fence river road. A consultation was held at the bridge, and within half an hour Whispering Smith, with unshaken patience, was in the saddle and following it. With him were Kennedy and Bob Scott. Sinclair had ridden into the lines, and Whispering Smith, with his best two men, meant to put it up to him to ride out. They meant now to get him, with a trail or without, and were putting horseflesh against horseflesh and craft against craft. At the forks of the Fence they picked up Wickire, Kennedy taking him on the up road, while Scott with Whispering Smith crossed to the Crawling Stone. When Smith and Scott reached the Frenchman they parted to cover in turn each of the trails by which it is possible to get out of the river country toward the Park and Williams Cache By four o'clock in the afternoon they had all covered the ground so well that the four were able to make their rendezvous on the big Fence divide, south of Crawling Stone valley. They then found, to their disappointment, that, widely separated as they had been, both parties were following trails they believed to be good. They shot a steer, tagged it, ate dinner and supper in one, and separated under Whispering Smith's counsel that both the trails be followed into the next morning—in the belief that one of them would run out or that the two would run together. At noon the next day Scott rode through the hills from the Fence, and Kennedy with Wickwire came through Two Feather pass from the Frenchman with the report that the game had left their valleys. Without rest they pushed on. At the foot of the Mission mountains they picked up the tracks of a party of three horsemen. Twice within ten miles afterward the men they were following crossed the river. Each time their trail, with some little difficulty, was found again. At a little ranch in the Mission foothills, Kennedy and Scott, leaving Wickwire with Whispering Smith, took fresh horses and pushed ahead as far as they could ride before dark, but they brought back news. The trail had split again, with one man riding alone to the left, while two had taken the hills to the right, heading for Mission pass and the Cache. With Gene Johnson and Bob at the mouth of the Cache there was little fear for that outlet. The turn to the left was the unexpected. Over the little fire in the ranch kitchen where they ate supper, the four men were in conference 20 minutes. It was decided that Scott and Kennedy should head for the Mission pass, while Whispering Smith, with Wickwire to trail with him, should undertake to cut off, somewhere between Fence river and the railroad, the man who had gone south, the man believed to be Sinclair. It was a late moon, and when Scott and Kennedy saddled their horses Whispering Smith and Wickwire were asleep. With the cowboy, Whispering Smith started at daybreak. No one saw them again for two days. During those two days and nights they were in the saddle almost continuously. For every mile the man shead of them rode they were forced to ride two miles and often three. Late in the second night they crossed the railroad, and the first word from them came in long dispatches sent by Whispering Smith to Medicine Bend and instructions to Kennedy and Scott in the north, which were carried by hard riders straight to Deep creek. On the morning of the third day Dickis Dunning, who had gone home from Medicine Bend and who had been telephoning Marion and George McCloud two days for news, was trying to get Medicine Bend again on the telephone when Puss came in to say that a man at the kitchen door wanted to see her. "Who is it, Puss?" "I d'no, Miss Dickie; 'deed, I never seen him b'fore." Dickie walked on on the porch to the kitchen. A dust-covered man sitting on a limp, horse threw back the brim of his hat as he touched it. lifted himself stiffly out of the saddle, and dropped to the ground. He laughed at Dickle's startled expression. "Don't you know me?" he asked, putting out his hand. It was Whispering Smith. He was a fearful sight. Stained from head to foot with alkali, saddle-cramped and bent, his face scratched and stained, he stood with a smiling appeal in his bloodshot eyes. Dickle gave little uncertain cry, clapped her hands, and with a scream, threw her arms impulsively around his neck. "Oh, I did not know you! What has happened? I am so glad to see you! Tell me what has, happened. Are you hurt?" He staminered like a schoolboy. "Nothing has happened. I didn't realize what a tramp I look or I shouldn't have come. But I was only a mile away and I had heard nothing for four days from Medicine Bend. And how are you? Did your ride make you ill? No? By heaven you are a game girl. That was a ride? How are they all? Where's your cousin? In town, is be? I thought I might get some news if I rode up, and, oh, Miss Dickie—jimmy! some coffee. But I've got only two minutes for it all, only two minutes; do you think Puss has any on the glove?" Dickle's with coaxing and pulling got him into the kitchen, and Puss tumbled over herself to set out coffee and rolls. He showed himself ravenously hungry, and ate with a simple directness that speedily accounted for everything in sight. "You have saved my life. Now I am going, and thank you a thousand times. There, by heaven, I've forgotten Wickwire! He is with me—walking down in the cottonwoods at the fork. Could Puss put up a lunch I could take to him? He hasn't had a scrap for 24 hours. But, Dickle, your trumpet is a hummer! I've tried to ride him down and wear him out and lose him and, by heaven, he turns up every time and has been of more use to me than two men." She put her hand on Whispering Smith's arm. "I told him if he would stop drinking he could be foreman here next season." Puss was putting up the lunch. "Why need you hurry away?" persisted Dicklea. "I've got a thousand things to say." He looked down her amiably. "This is really a case of must." "Then, tell me, what favor may I do for you?" She looked appealingly into his tired eyes. "I want to do something for you. I must! don't deny me. Only what shall it be?" "Something for me? What can I say? You'll be kind to Marion—I shouldn't have to ask that. What can I ask? Stop! there is one thing. I've got a poor little devil of an orphan up in the Deep Creek country. Du Sang murdered his father. You are rich and generous, Dicksle; do something for him, will you? Kennedy or Bob Scott will know all about him. Bring him down here, will you, and see he doesn't go to the dogs? You're a good girl. What's this, crying? Now you are frightened. Things are not so bad as that. You want to know everything—I see it in your eyes. Very well, let's trade. You tell me everything and I'll tell you everything. Now then: Are you engaged?" They were standing under the low porch with the sunshine breaking through the trees. She turned away her face and threw all of her happiness into a laugh. "I won't tell." "Oh, that’s enough. You have told!" declared Whispering Smith. "I knew—why, of course I knew—but I wanted to make you own up. Well, here’s the way things are. Sinclair has run us all over God’s creation for two days to give his pals a chance to break into Williams Cache to get the Tower W money they left with Rebstock. For a fact, we have ridden completely around Sleepy Cat and been down in the Spanish Sinks since I saw you. He doesn’t want to leave without the money, and doesn’t know it is in Kennedy’s hands, and can’t get into the Cache to find out. Now the three—whoever the other two are—and Sinclair—are trying to join forces somewhere up this valley, and Kennedy, Scott, Wickwire and I are after them, and every outlet is watched, and it must all be over, my dear, before sunset to-night. Isn’t that fine? I mean to have the thing wound up somehow. Don’t look worried." "Do not—do not let him kill you," she cried, with a sob. "He will not kill me; don't be afraid." "I am afraid. Remember what your life is to all of us!" "Then, of course, I've got to think of what it is to myself—being the only one I've got. Sometimes I don't think much of it; but when I get a welcome like this it sets me up. If I can once get out of the accursed man-slaughter business, Dickles—How old are you? Nineteen? Well, you've got the finest chap in all these mountains, and George McCloud has the finest—" With a bubbling laugh she shook her finger at him. "Now you are caught. Say the finest woman in these mountains if you dare! Say the finest woman!" "The finest woman of 19 in all creation!" He swung with a laugh into the saddle and waved his hat. She watched him ride down the road and around the hill. When he reappeared she was still looking and he was galloping along the lower road. A man rode out at the fork to meet him and trotted with him over the bridge. Riding leisurely across the creek, their broad hats bobbing unevenly in the sunshine, they sparred swiftly near the grove of quanking asps, and in a moment were lost beyond the trees. CHAPTER XL Crawling Stone Wash: When Whispering Smith and his companions were fairly started on the last day of their ride it was toward a rift in the Mission range that the trail led them. Sinclair, with consummate cleverness, had rejoined his companions; but the attempt to get into the Cache, and his reckless ride into Medicine Bend, had reduced their chances of escape to a single outlet, and that they must find up Crawling Stone valley. The necessity of it was spelled in every move the pursued men had made for 24 hours. They were riding the pick of mountain horsefess and covering their tracks by every device known to the high country. Behind them, made prudent by unusual danger, rode the best men the mountain division could muster for the final effort to bring them to account. The fast riding of the early week had given way to the pace of caution. No trail sign was overlooked, no point of concealment directly approached, no hiding-place left unsearched. The tension of a long day of this work was drawing to a close when the sun set and left the big wash in the shadow of the mountains. On the higher ground to the right, Kennedy and Scott were riding where they could command the guillies of the precipitous left bank of the river. High on the left bank itself, worming his way like a snake from point to point of concealment through the scanty brush of the mountain-side, crawled Wickwire, commanding the pockets in the right bank. Closer to the river on the right and following the trail itself over shale and rock and between scattered bowlers. Whispering Smith, low on his horse's neck, rode slowly. It was almost too dark to catch the slight, discolorations where pebbles had been disturbed on a flat surface or the call of a horseshoe had slipped on the uneven face of a ledge, and he had halted under an uplift to wait for Wickwire on the distant left to advance, when, half a mile below him, a horseman crossing the river rode slowly past a gap in the rocks and disappeared below the next bend. He was followed in a moment by a second rider and a third. Whispering Smith knew he had not been seen. He had flushed the game, and, wheeling his horse rode straight up the riverbank to high ground, where he could circle around widely below them. They had slipped between his line and Wickwire's, and were doubling back, following the dry bed of the stream. It was impossible to recall Kennedy and Scott without giving an alarm, but by a quick detour he could at least hold the quarry back for 20 minutes with his rifle, and in that time Kennedy and Scott could come up. Less than half an hour of daylight remained. If the outaws could slip down the wash and out into the Crawling Stone valley they had every chance of getting away in the night; and if the third man should be Barney Rebstock, Whispering Smith knew that Sinclair thought only of escape. Smith alone, of their pursuers, could now intercept them, but a second hope remained: On the left, Wickwire was high enough to command every turn in the bed of the river. He might see them and could force them to cover with his rifle even at long range. Casting up the chances, Whispering Smith, riding faster over the uneven ground than anything but sheer recklessness would have prompted, hastened across the waste. His rifle lay in his hand, and he had pushed his horse to a run. A single fearful instinct crowded now upon the long strain of the week. A savage fascination burned like a fever in his veins, and he meant that they should not get away. Taking chances that would have shamed him in cooler moments, he forced his horse at the end of the long ride to within 100 paces of the river, threw his lines, slipped like a lizard from the saddle, and darting with incredible swiftness from rock to rock, gained the water's edge. From up the long shadows of the wash there came the wall of an owl. From it he knew that Wickwire had seen them and was warning him, but he had anticipated the warning and stood below where the hunted men must ride. He strained his eyes over the wastes of rock above. For one half-hour of daylight he would have sold, in that moment, ten years of his life. What could he do if they should be able to secrete themselves until dark between him and Wickwire? Gliding under cover of huge rocks up the dry watercourse, he reached a spot where the floods had scooped a long, hollow curve out of a soft ledge in the bank, leaving a stretch of smooth sand on the bed of the stream. At the upper point great bowlers pushed out of the river. He could not inspect the curve from the spot he had gained without reckless exposure, but he must force the little daylight left to him. Climbing completely over the lower point, he advanced cautiously, and from behind a sheltering spur stepped out upon an overhanging table of rock and looked across the river-bottom. Three men had halted on the sand within the curve. Two lay on their rifles under the upper point, 120 spaces from Whispering Smith. The third man, Seaguar, less than 50 yards away, had got off his horse and was laying down his rifle, when the boot-wall screeched again and he looked unassily back. They had chosen for their halt a spot easily defended, and needed only darkness to make them safe, when Smith, stepping out into plain sight, threw forward his hand. They heard his sharp call to pitch up, and the men under the point jumped. Segrue had not yet taken his hand from his rifle. He threw it to his shoulder. As closely together as two fingers of the right hand can be struck twice in the palm of the left, two rifle shots cracked across the wash. Two bullets passed close in flight they might have struck. One cut the dusty hair from Smith's temple and slit the brim of his hat above his ear; the other struck Segrue under the left eye, plowed through the roof of his mouth, and, coming out below his ear, splintered the rock at his back. The shock alone would have staggered a bullduck, but Seagrue, laughing, came forward pumping his gun. Sinclair, at 120 yards, cut instantly into the fight, and the ball from his rifle creased the alkali that crusted Whispering Smith's unshaven cheek. As he fired he sprang to cover. For Seagrue and Smith there was no cover; for one or both it was death in the open and Seagrue, with his rifle at his cheek, walked straight into it. Taking for a moment the fire of the three guns. Whispering Smith stood, a perfect target, outlined against the sky. They whipped the dust from his coat, tote the sleeve from his wrist and ripped the blouse collar from his neck; but he felt no bullet shock. He saw before him only the buckle of Seagrue's belt 40 paces away, and sent bullet after bullet at the gleam of brass between the sights. Both men were using high-pressure guns, and the deadly shocks of the slugs made Seagrue twitch and snigger. The man was dying as he walked. Smith's hand was racing with the lever, and had a cartridge jammed, the steel would have snapped like a match. It was beyond human endurance to support the leaden death. The little square of brass between the sight's wavered. Sengrure stumbled, doubled on his knees and staggering plunged loosely forward on the sand. Whispering Smith threw his fire toward the bowler behind which Sinclair and Barney Rebstock had disappeared. Suddenly he realized that the bullets from the point were not coming his way. He was aware of a second rifle duel above the bend. Wickwire worm- RONALD DOWNS Seagrue Stumbled to the Sand. ing his way down the stream, had uncovered Sinclair and young Rebstock from behind. A yell between the shots rang across the wash, and the cringing figure of a man ran out toward Whispering Smith with his hands high in the air, and pitched headlong on the ground. It was the skulker, Barney Rebstock, driven out by Wickwire's fire. The shooting cessed. Silence fell upon the gloom of the dusk. Then came a calling between Smith and Wickwire, and a signaling of pistol shots for their companions. Kennedy and Rob Scott dashed down toward the river bed on their horses. Seagrue lay on his face. Young Rebstock sat with his hands around his knees on the sand. Above him at some distance, Wickwire and Smith stood before a man who leaned against the sharp cheek of the bowler at the point. In his hands his rifle was held across his lap just as he had dropped on his knee to fire. He had never moved after he was struck. His head, drooping a little, rested against the rock, and his hat lay on the sand; his heavy beard had surged into his chest and he kneeled in the shadow, asleep. Scott and Kennedy know him. In the mountains there was no double for Murray Sinclair. When he jumped behind the point to pick Whispering Smith off the ledge he had laid himself directly under Wickwire's fire across the wash. The first shot of the cowboy at 200 yards had passed, as he knelt, through both temples. CHAPTER XLI. Back to the Mountains In the cottage in Boney street, one year later, two women were waiting. It was ten o'clock at night. "Isn't it a shame to be disappointed like this?" complained Dickste, pushing her hair impatiently back. "Really, poor George is worked to death. He was to be in at six o'clock, Mr. Lee said, and here it is ten, and all your beautiful dinner spoiled. Marion, are you keeping something from me? Look me in the eye. Have you heard from Gordon Smith?" "No, Dickste." "Not since he left the mountains a year ago?" "Not since he left the mountains a year ago." Dicksle, sitting forward in her chair, bent her eyes upon the fire. "It is so strange. I wonder where he is tonight. How he loves you. Marion! He told me everything when he said good-by. He made me promise not to tell then; but I didn't promise to keep it forever." Marion smiled. "A year isn't forever. Dicksle." "Well, it's pretty near forever when you are in love," declared Dickle, energetically. "I know just how he felt," she went on in a quater tone. "He felt that all the disagreeable excitement and talk we had here then bore heaviest on you. He said it he stayed in Medicine Bend the newspapers never would cease talking and people never would stop annoying you—and you know George did say they were asking to have passenger trains held here just so people could see Whispering Smith. And, Marlon, think of it, he actually doesn't know yet that George and I are married! How could we notify him without knowing where he was? And he doesn't know that trains are running up the Crawling Stone valley. Mercy! a year goes like an hour when you're in love, does not it? George said he knew we should hear from him within six months—and George has never yet been mistaken excepting when he said I should grow to like the railroad business—and now it is a year and no news from him." Dickle sprang from her chair. "I am going to call up Mr. Rooney Lee and just demand my husband! I think Mr. Lee handles trains shockingly every time George tries to get home like this on Saturday nights—now don't you? And passenger trains ought to get out of the way, anyway, when a division superintendent is trying to get home. What difference does it make to a passenger. I'd like to know, whether he is a few hours less or longer in getting to California or Japan or Manila or Hong Kong or Buzzard's Gulch, provided he is safe—and you know there has not been an accident on the division for a year. Marlon. There's a step now. I'll bet that's George!" The door opened and it was George. "Oh, honey!" cried Dickiegs, softly, waving her arms as she stood an instant before she ran to him. "But haven't been a waitin' for you!" Dickies kept her hands on his shoulders. "You have heard from Whispering Smith!" "I have." "I knew it!" "Walt till I get it straight. Mr. Bucks is here—I came in with him in his car. He has news of Whispering Smith. One of our freight traffic men in the Puget sound country, who has been in a hospital in Victoria, learned by the merest accident that Gordon Smith was lying in the same hospital with typhoid fever." Marion rose swiftly. "Then the time has come, thank God, when I can do something for him; and I am going to him to night!" "Fine!" eried McCloud. "So am I, and that is why I'm late." "Then I am going, too," exclaimed Dicksis, solemnly. "Do you mean it?" asked her husband. "Shall we let her, Marion? Mr. Bucks says I am to take his car and take Barnhardt, and keep the car there till I can bring Gordon back, Mr. Bucks and his secretary will ride tonight as far as Bear Dance with us, and in the morning they join Mr. Glever there." McCloud looked at his watch. "If you are both going, can you be ready by 12 o'clock for the China mail?" "We can be ready in an hour," declared Dicksis, throwing her arm half around Marion's neck, "can't we, Marion?" "I can be ready in 30 minutes." "Then, by heaven—" McCloud studied his watch. "We won't wait for the midnight train. We will take an engine, run special to Green River, overhaul the Coast Limited, and save a whole day." "George, pack your suit-case—quick, dear; and you, too, Marlon; suit-cases are all we can take." cried Dickleas, pushing her husband toward the bedroom "I'll telephone Rooney Lee for an engine myself right away. Dear me, it is kind of nice, to be able to order up a train when you want one in a hurry, isn't it, Marlon? Perhaps I shall come to like it if they ever make George a vice-president." In half an hour they had joined Bucks in his car, and Bill Dancig was pilling the baggage into the vestibule. Bucks was sitting down to coffee. Chairs had been provided at the table, and after the greetings, Bucks, seating Marion Sinclair at his right and Barnhardt and McCloud at his left, asked Dickisse to sit opposite and pour the coffee. "You are a railroad man's wife now and you must learn to assume responsibility." McCloud looked apprehensive. "I am afraid she will be assuming the whole division if you encourage her too much, Mr. Bucks." "Marrying a railroad man" continued Bucks, pursuing his own thought, "is as bad as marrying into the army; if you have your husband half the time you are lucky. Then, too in the railroad business your husband may have to be set back when the traffic falls off. It's a little light at this moment, too. How should you take it if we had to put him on a freight train for a while, Mrs. McCloud?" "Oh, Mr. Bucks?" "Or suppose he should be promoted and should have to go to headquarters — some of us are getting old, you know." "Really," Dickie sie looked more demure as she filled the president's cup, "really, I often say to Mr. McCloud that I cannot believe Mr. Bucks is president of this great road. He always looks to me to be the youngest man on the whole executive staff. Two RIGS PUCKET SATURDAY...AUGUST 21, 1909 Jumps of sugar. Mr. Pucks." The bachelor president rolled his eyes as he reached for his cup. "Thank you, Mrs. McCloud, only one after that." He looked toward Marion. "All I can say is that if Mrs. McCloud's husband had married her two years earlier he might have been general manager by this time. Nothing could hold a man back, even a man of his modesty, whose wife can say as nice things as that. By the way, Mrs. Sinclair, does this man keep you supplied with transportation" "Oh, I have my annual, Mr. Bucka!" Marion opened her bag to find it. Bucks held out his hand. "Let me see it a moment." He adjusted his eye-glasses, looked at the pass, and called for a pen; Bucks had never lost his gracious way of doing very little things. He laid the card on the table and wrote across the back of it over his name: "Good on all passenger trains." When he handed the card back to Marion he turned to Dickle. "I understand you are laying out two or three towns on the ranch. Mrs. McCloud?" "Two or three! Oh. no. only one as yet. Mr. Bucks! They are laying out, oh, such a pretty town! Cousin Lance, such superintending the street work—and whom do you think I am going to name it after? You! I think 'Bucks' makes a dandy name for a town, don't you? And I am going to have one town named Dunning; there will be two stations on the ranch, you know, and I think, really, there ought to be three." "I don't believe you can operate a line that long, Mr. Bucks, with stations 14 miles apart." Bucks opened his eyes in benevolent surprise. Dickle, unabashed, kept right on: "Well, do you know how traffic is increasing over there, with the trains running only two months now? Why, the settlers are fairly pouring into the country." "Will you give me a corner lot if we put another station on the ranch?" "I will give you two if you will give us excursions and run some of the Overland passenger trains through the valley." Bucks threw back his head and laughed in his tremendous way. "I don't know about that; I daren't promise offhand, Mrs. McCloud. But if you can get Whispering Smith to come back you might lay the matter before him. He is to take charge of all the colonist business when he returns." Whispering Smith, lying on his iron bed in the hospital, professed not to be able quite to understand why they had made such a fuss about it. He underwent the excitement of the appearance of Barnhardt and the first talk with McCloud and Dickie with hardly a rise in his temperature, and, lying in the sunshine of the afternoon, he was waiting for Marion. She ran half blinded across the room and dropped on her knee beside him. "My dear Marion, why did they drag you away out here?" "They did not drag me away out here. Did you expect me to sit with folded hands when I heard you were ill anywhere in the wide world?" He looked hungrily at her. "I didn't suppose any one in the wide world would take it very seriously." "Mr. McCloud is crushed this afternoon to think you have said you would not go back with him. You would not believe how he misses you." "It has been pretty lonesome for the last year. I didn't think it could be so lonesome anywhere." "Nor did I." "Have you noticed it? I shouldn't think you could in the mountains. Was there much water last spring? Heavens, I'd like to see the Crawling Stone again!" "Why don't you come back?" He folded her hands in his own. "Marion, it is you. I've been afraid I couldn't stand it to be near you and not tell you—" "What need you be afraid to tell me?" "That I have loved you so long." Her head sunk close to his. "Don't you know you have said it to me many times without words? I've only been waiting for a chance to tell you how happy it makes me to think it is true." THE END Couldn't Accept. "Tipper was telling me that he had a dreadful nightmare last night." "You don't say! Let me have the particulars." "Well, he says he dreamed somebody asked him to have a drink and when he was about to say yes he was struck dumb. He tried to nod his head and discovered he had an awful crick in his neck. Then he tried to raise his hand and found his arm was paralyzed." A Lover's Troubles "Muggsy, dis ain't get no dimont ring yer give me. It's gettin' dull already." "No, dat's jus' like er womma! I'll betcher been wearin' dat stone round in all kinds uv weather an' washin' yer hands wid all kinds uv soap. I paid 'tree dollars an sixty cents fur dat dimont, an' if it ain't de real t'ing yer can't blame me!" Not Sufficiently Accquainted "You have just come from that direction, can you tell us what is exciting those fashionable ladies who appear to be disputing over the baby carriages?" "Sure, I can. They both think the baby in the pink ribbons and lace is the prettiest one, and each is trying to decide that it is hers." ABOVE ALL. DAINTY ABOVE ALL. DAINTY THE GREAT CONSIDERATION IN UNDERWEAR So vulgar is some of the underwear worn nowadays that a moral essay could well be written on the subject. But the whole truth of the matter is that the wearers of these over-trimmed garments, which in the cheaper forms are really atrocious, with their coarse materials and bad lace, are misinformed as to the correctness of their taste. Dame Fashion, above all ladies on earth, has no liking anywhere for coarse splendors, and when it comes to the secret garment, that holy rai- M Fashionable Under-Garment. ment which wraps women closest, she is a veritable martinet in opinion, commanding always the most delicate materials and dainty work one can afford. In fact, the good lady seems to say to each of her daughters as they start forth for a debauch of "white" shopping. "Remember you are a lady, my dear." In short, choose something for its refinement rather than for lavish decoration—something preferably plain than showing a cheap flashiness. And so it has been since Eve's daughters first took to petticoats; in all opinion worth considering, it is the underlinen, rather than the gown, which gives that ineffable essence known as ladyhood. In the petticoat department the influence of the princess gown and all slink skirts is decidedly felt, for here charming garments long and short take to a great extent the princess form, and the skirt of old funness is conspicuous by its absence. Everything fits closely and falls softly, and these facts in themselves should warn the buyer against the things burdened with fluttering laces and cheap masses of ribbon Our illustration displays one of the fashionable fitted chemises, yet with the skirt merely lengthened the design becomes the slip petticoat necessary for thin princess gowns. For this dainty garment a very fine lawn with valenciennes insertions, and a lawn frill narrowly edged with this, suggests a combination for the average purse; but if a coarse colored lawn, cheap lace and machine work are used, the piece, now so pretty, would be the essence of vulgarity. A delicately figured batiste, trimmed with Italian valenciennes, would effect a look of imported elegance, especially if the garment were made by hand, as it should be to wash properly, if for no other reason. The model calls for $3\frac{1}{4}$ yards 36 inches wide, $3\frac{1}{4}$ yards of trimmings for the skirt flounce, and $3\frac{1}{4}$ yards of edging for the neck and armholes. To Prevent Chafing. The person with sensitive skin is apt to be troubled with chafing in summer. This is so annoying and painful that every precaution should be taken to overcome it. Absolute cleanliness is essential, and the rubbed spots should be freely washed with a pure soap and water. Do not make the mistake of using grease for chafed skin. This softens and increases rather than decreases the tendency. Bathe with boracic acid and water. Dust with borax, occasionally, especially when going for a tramp, and every few days bathe with alcohol to harden the flesh. Plaits Platts are coming in attractively just now, especially on the princess frock, for over the shoulder will be seen as many as nine platts, the lower portion being hidden with the panel and dress sides that round at the high waist line under the arms. This also gives breadth to a frock. Immediately below, the platts appear at the sides of the frock, possibly deeper right at the edge of the panel, decreasing at the back. This makes the top on the slant and a stylish arrangement, too. MAKES A WELCOME PRESENT. Dress Protector, One's Own Handi- work, Something That Will Al- ways Be Appreciated. The woman who wishes to make a present to a wealthy friend who has seemingly no need of anything you can afford to buy will be sure to make a hit if she makes her three or four THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA protectors into which can be slipped delicate evening clothes. Choose a close cheesecoulth in any pretty, delicate color; a soft gray is serviceable and washes without fading. Use the width of the material, doubling it across at the top and sewing the two sides and the bottom in a seam. Cut a small hole in the middle of the top fold, and from it cut a straight slit about a yard long down the middle of the front piece. Bind around the hole and down each side of the slit with three-quarter inch white tape. The opening can be cut back and hemed if preferred, or can be bound with narrow wash ribbon in a contrasting color to the cheesecoulth. Fasten tapes at each side of the neck opening and about six inches apart to the bottom of the slit. If the covers are intended as gifts, and if there are several women in a family, it is a good idea to work three initials on the cheesecloth just below the opening. Use white mercurized cotton and pad well underneath to make the letters raised. This marking is a convenience to tell whose frock the bag contains, without opening it. FOR SMALL WOMEN TO WEAR. Some Things She Should Avoid, and Some She Positively Must include in Wardrobe. No matter how small she is, a woman may always have a good figure. If she has not one to begin with, she should economize in some other part of her wardrobe, and call in the services of a good corseitiere. If she cannot be impressive, she can at least be neat and good to look at. Use only straight up and down lines in the development of your garments. Whatever you do, allow nothing which cuts the figure horizontally. The princess model, which is so much a part of the present model, should be a cause of rejoicing among small women. Do not year shirt-waists and skirts of contrasting materials. This cuts the figure in half, and lessens greatly the effect of height. Dispense with belts, if possible, and if not, make them as narrow as possible, and always of the same material as the frook. Coats may be almost any length but that most usual of all, the three-quarter. This is usually fatal. Straight coat seams may be trimmed, but never the lower edge. A trimming those would cut the figure in two. SILK BLOUSE. A Bliouse of silk made with groups of tucks and ornamented with rogoting, the latter forning an odd scalloped roke. The sleeves are tucked and trimmed to correspond and are finished with puffed undersleeves. The Smart Topcoat The very smart topcoat is cut on rather straight lines, but it has a skapeliness, dash and swing unknown to the motoring coat, which is designed simply to keep out dast. It is trimmed with rows of big self-colored buttons, and there are turned-back cuffs and a turnover collar, fastening with a broad silk tie. Such a coat, made of stone-gray silk mohair, will be worn by one bride over light silk and lingerie frocks during the summer, and will be useful on the warm autumn days when light cotton gowns look flimsy, yet, the weather is too sultry for the crisp fall suit of wool. To Tie Bows. Little girls often have their hair "bobbed" and the mothers or nurses who must tie on the large bows are often perplexed as to how to fasten these large ribbons to the small wisp of hair. Here is a very good arrangement which overcomes the difficulty and at the same time preserves the ornamental bow, without necessitating retying it each day. Make the large bow and sew a strip of stout baby ribbon of the same color underneath. Wind the narrow ribbon around the hair several times, tie in a tight bow knot and it will hold nicely. THE TOO ATTENTIVE HUSBAND. "For heaven's sake, George, don't be so attentive; people will begin to think that I am not your wife." Hands Around And the poor man has to dance. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Contentment is being either overfed or asleep. Next to investment the wildest gamble is speculation. The reason a girl fools her mother is her mother thinks she doesn't. A woman can be mighty interesting to a man by not being his wife. A fine thing about picnics is when you can get out of going to them. You can generally tell what a woman's complexion isn't by what is seems to be. The more of a vacation a man takes the more comfortable he could be at home. A man's idea of being well dressed is to wear a necktie that would break up a funeral. The reason the baby didn't talk any earlier is he was so smart he wanted to, but it wasn't time yet. The trouble with stout women who claim to be losing flesh is it's always where they can't talk about it. Somebody ought to invent an improvement that would enable us to get along for awhile without improvements. When a man has a mission in life generally it is to drive other people crazy by making them see the importance of it. Except for children, rent, the household bills, and where it is best for the family to live, marriage is not such a great failure. Even when a man trades for a horse he has to send to the glue factory he can take pride in how near he came to making a good bargain. There's never any use of a man learning a fine speech to make to a girl when he proposes to her, because she accepts him before he can get it off.—New York Press. DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY Don't kick. Even the butchers are not all beefers. No man can invent an excuse original enough to be patented. Many a fellow gets a skate on who was never in a rink in his life. The father of twins can't be blamed if he has a deuce of a time over them. The average clerk has his hopes raised more frequently than his salary. A clock has more sense than a man. When it's all run down it stops working. Riches take unto themselves wings. A flier in the stock market often proves it. Don't drink beer in hot weather, especially in dog.days. It will make you froth at the mouth. The fellow who feels that the world owes him a living stacks up against a mighty poor paymaster. Some few people are so constituted that even when they have nothing to do they can do it gracefully. Many a fellow gets all broken up over a girl, but some girls can break a fellow quicker than others. It takes a lot of faith for a man to convince himself that his wife believes everything he tells her. FEMININE FANCIES. The girl who will take a course of domestic science at school and thinks it play objects to doing the same things at home to help her mother, because it seems too much like work. A girl never realizes how little she is understood by her friends until she looks over the Christmas presents they send her and finds that not one of them is of any possible use to her. The wife who seeks to economize by having her husband swear off his extravagant habits is likely to be met by the answer that he will save more money by swearing off his taxes. You admire the woman who tells you she never talks about others because she really hasn't the time, until you find out that the reason is because she does nothing but talk about herself. HOT WEATHER MAXIMS. It's a hard proposition to keep butter otherwise than soft. Some folks get all heated up working so hard to keep cool. Don't run to catch a street car; the next one will be cooler. A piece of ice always feels better down the back of somebody else's neck. Perhaps you think you can't afford to take a vacation, but the truth of the matter is, you can't afford not to SCIENCE NOTES. There are 247,000 more men than women in Australia. The British 19,500 ton battleship Vanguard is the heaviest war vessel at present afoat. The government of Germany has spent more money to further aviation than any other nation. Japan is granting subsidies to all fishing boats using internal combustion engines for auxiliary power. Tests by an eastern railroad have demonstrated that it is possible for a single locomotive to haul over 6,100 tons. Because horses are scarce in Madagascar a troop of native cavalry, used for scouting, has been mounted upon oxen. A windmill successfully drives a dynamo is an English mill, even when the wind blows as slowly as six miles an hour. A German chemist is making a study of the odors given off by different metals when heated to a given temperature. A novelty is a glove containing a purse in the palm, fastening with the usual clasp, to prevent loss of the contents. Embracing many sanitary features, a milk bottle filter recently perfected in New Jersey has a capacity of 7,680 bottles an hour. The deaths of 5,000 young children a year in New York are attributed to germs carried about and deposited upon food by flies. By natural evaporation from 100,000 to 1,500,000 tons of salt are obtained annually from the salt lagoons of southern Russia. Five miles of the Panama canal, between La Boca wharf and the Bay of Panama, are now open to navigation by the largest vessels. A mixture of red lead, white lead, and gold size makes an excellent plaster for stopping leaks in automobile or motorboat radiators. Motorcycles, each carrying two chemical extinguishers, have proved a valuable addition to the fire department of Buffalo, N. Y. Owing to adverse market conditions there was no production of metallic antimony from domestic ores in the United States last year. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Many a man is perfect when it comes to being a nuisance. Do your duty—but remember that it isn't your duty to do your friends. How can a young man keep a stiff upper lip when there is nothing but down on it? A man wonders whether or not he ought to marry until he does—then he wonders why he did. The man who doesn't owe a dollar can look any other man in the eye and tell him to go to—work. A man seldom realizes the true value of money until he has to hand his hard-earned salary over to his wife. Blessed is the man who, in the hour of adversity, discovers that he has even more friends than he thought he had. Truth crushed to earth may rise again, but it's apt to stay down long enough for a lie to get away with the goods. In after years, when a man's wife springs an old love letter on him that he wrote, he is apt to sneak up an alley and try to kick himself.—Chicago News. WISE AND OTHERWISE. There are 85 kinds of mosquitoes. A little widow is a dangerous thing. King Edward is an inveterate punster. Only bachelors and widowers smoke in bed. In Annam, the average citizen has a dozen wives, the Annain-mated creatures. They teach chess in Australian public schools. Soap or ammonia shampoos are the chief causes of gray hairs. Touch a freckle with a moistened niter crystal and it will disappear. Every family is nautical in that the father is the mainstay and the mother the spanker. The only way to best a woman in an argument is to state your side and walk hurriedly away. The gatling gun was invented by a physician whom the mortality attendant on a large medical practice did not satisfy. When in need of a good, live, up-to-date newspaper, subscribe for the PLANET. C. & O. 9:00 A. [Fast daily trains to Old Point,] 11:59 P. (go and St. Louis Pullman). 8:50 A. Daily. Orville, exc. Sun. C. Forge. 8:51 P. Week days. Local to Gordonville. 10:30 D. Burg, Exington. C. Forge. 8:51 F. Week days. To Lansing. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. Local from East-12:45 A. M., 7 P. M. Through from East-12:45 A. M., 7:45 P. M. Local from West-12:49 A. M., 7:45 P. M. Through-12:49 A. M., 8:45 P. M. Jeanus River Line-12:55 A. M., 8:50 P. M. *Daily Receipt Sunday. LINCOLN HAIR POMADE MAKES KINKY HAIR SOFT REMOVES DANDRIFT KEEPS HAIR FROM BREAKING OFF LINCOLN HAIR POMADE KEEPS SCALP FRESH CLEANLAND WHOLE- SOME MAKES HAIR GROW LONG AND LUXURIOUS WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE YOUR HAIR—SOFT AND LONG SO THAT YOU CAN PUT IT UP IN THE LATEST STYLE OR SHORT AND KINKY A WOMAN'S JUST PRIDE IS HER HAIR. TO STRAIGHT ON OUT THAT KINK, CURLY HAIR, PUTTING IT IN THE MOST PERFECT CONDITION TO BE COMBED INTO ANY SHAPE JUST TRY A BOTTLE OF LINCOLN HAIR FOAM. MADE. There is no other preparation on earth to equal Lincoln Hair Pomade in producing soft, beautiful hair. Lincoln Hair Pomade is a natural hair cleanser—a natural promoter of growth and naturally reduces the hair to a straight and combable condition; but also supplies the air with a silky sheen and gloss. No matter how it is your hair is now, no matter how hard or curly it may be, the well-prepared Lincoln Hair Pomade will give you hair that can well be the envy of other Lincoln Hair Pomade is the only highly recommended preparation. It is Lincoln Hair Pomade you want, so refuse weak and inferior substitutes. Do not take anything that is claimed to be just as good, but insist on getting the genuine. The Lincoln Pomade Co NORFOLK VA. U.S.A. Agents Wanted Everywhere. Write for particulars. If your dealer does not keep it, send 20 cents in stamps or silver to THE LINK COLN POMADE CO. Department B. Norfolk. Va. and we will send you a bottle to return mail. The Hawkins-Price Co. Hair Growers and Restorers. (TRADE MARK REGISTERED) Carries a full line of natural human hair-braids, bangs pompadours and the latest stylish pieces all-colors—black, brown, and gray. Those desiring it to match the hair must very sure in stating explicitly the colors desired. It is easy to wear a small sample of hair if possible, to match it correctly. Prices: Braids, (natur al hair) $2.50; All-round Pompadours (nautal hair), $4.00; Front B This Preparation has proved to be a to-day delight with its wonderful results. urally place it in the sphere all of its own, a speak of it, reassures us of its nature, throughout this and other States and also en- colored people in this immediate coun- tinent. Govern the most skeptical HAWKINS-PRICE HAWKINS-PRICE in print the photographs of those giving preparation and are to-day among the man. We do not desire the correspondence of the on behalf of the government as a natural and would not hesitate to do so. We will just here remind the public national patent rights on our hair preparation turn responsible to the government for honour on Clean Temples or Bald Heads, whereuff On Clean Temples or Bald Heads, whereuff The Face Beautifier makes the use of haircuts, Sale Price, 25 and 60 cents and it is imposed on all of city orders. Mon- or Express Money Order. All Comm HAWKINS-PRICE 'Phone 4601 Correspondence S (nautral hair), $4.00; Front Pieces (nautral hair), $2.50. This Preparation has proved to be a fortune to many of the unfortunate, who are today delighted with its wonderful results. The merits of this great hair preparation naturally put the sphere all of its own, and the glowing bernina in which our patrons speak of it, require laboratory results. We can well boast of the very great patronage throughout this and other States and the commendation of the very best white and colored people in this immediate community. RAILROADS. Richmond, Frederick's b & Potomac R. R. TO AND FROM MASSACHUSETTS # AUSKLUNG MACCOMMUNICATIONS - WEEKDAYS Arrive Station: 7.30 A.M. 1.45 A.M. 8.30 P.M. Arrive Eba Station: 6.40 A.M. 10.40 A.M. 5.30 P.M. * Daily: 1 Weekdays. 1 Sundays only. All trains at Eba. Street Station stop at Eba. Time of arrival and departures are guaranteed. Read the signs. ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLE ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK. Schedule is Effect April 11, 1909. Leaves Broad Street Station, Richmond Daily: For Norfolk — 0:00 A. M., 3:00 P. M. and 6:00 P. M. For Lynchburg and the West — 9:00 A. M., 12:10 P. M., 9:00 P. M. Pullman, Parlor and Sleeping Cars. Cafe Dining Cars. W. B. BEVILL. C. H. BOSLEY, Gen. Pass. Agent. District Pass. Agent ATLANTIC COAST LINE TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. For Florida and South: 8:15 A. M. and 7:25 P. M. For Norfolk: 9:00 A. M. 3:00 P. M. and 6 P. M. For N. and W. Ry., West: 9:00 A. M., 12:10 and 9:05 P. M. For Peterburg: 9:00 A. M., 12:10, 3:00; *3:30 P. M. For Goldbore and Fayetteville: *3:30 P. M. For Tresina arrive Richmond daily: 5:10, 7:00 A. M., *8:33, 11:45 A. M., *10:15 A. M., *1:20 P. M. M., 2:05, 6:50, 8:00 and 8:15 P. M. *Except Sunday. **Sunday Only.** Time of arrival and departures and con- nections not guaranteed. C. S. CAMPBELL, D. P. A. SEABOARD SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY SOUTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. 9:19 A. M.-Local to Nolina, Raleigh, Char- lotte, Wilmington. 13:25 P. M.-Sleepers and coaches, Atlanta, Sav- annah, Jacksonville and Florida points. 19:05 P. M.-Sleepers and coaches, Savannah, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Birmingham and Momma. NORTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE RICHMOND DAILY. 5:30 A. M., 5:35 P. M., 5:38 P. M. A. B. Leave Richmond *$2.0 A. H. Byrd St. Sba. *$4.0 A. H. Matah St. Sba. *$4.0 A. H. Matah St. Sba. *$12.01 P. H. Byrd St. Sba. *$4.00 P. H. Byrd St. Sba. *$1.5 P. H. Matah St. Sba. *$5.0 P. H. Byrd St. Sba. ARRIVE RICHMOND. pieces (nautral hair). $2.50 fortune to many of the unfortunate, who are The merits of this great hair preparation nat- ural and the glowing terms in which our patrons will use can well boast of a large patronage joy the communication of the very best white unity. real readers of the merits and results of the FOREER, we will from time to time produce a perfect hair collection, used by our bearing witness of the gourmet qualities, hose expecting a miracle or anything unre- sure compound, the ingredients of which, we that the United States Government has placed on by which it is protected, and we are in methods and square dealings. The FOREER, our Restore Hair Robots are not Dead. Prefer St. coins per box, powder entirely unnecessary and is perfectly 1.00 per bottle. A charge of ten ounces extra y can be sent by Post Office Money Order, implications to ICE COMPANY. 616 N. 1st St., Richmond, Va. directly Confidential. Southern Ry N. B.-Following schedule the published only as information and are not guaranteed: 6:30 A. M.-Daily-Local for Charlotte. 10:45 A. M.-Daily-Limited-Brother Billet to Atlanta, Georgia for Oralism, Montana, Chattanooga, and all the through coach for Chase City, Oxford, Durham. 6:00 A. M.-Ex. Sunday-Kayville Local. 11:45 P. M.-Daily-Limited Pollman ready 9:00 P. M. for all the South. VORK RIVER LINE. 4:30 P. M.-D Sunday-To West Point-connecting for Attitude Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 4:30 M.-Monday, Wednesday and Friday-Local. 4:30 A. M.-Ex. Sunday-Local to West Point. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND From the South: 7:00 A. M. 9:30 P. M. daily (Ryan). 8:40 A. M., Ex. Sunday: 4:10 P. M., daily (Local). From West Point: 9:30 A. M., daily: 19:45 A. M. on Wednesday and Friday: 5:45 P. M., except Sunday. JURGEN'S SON Before making your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of REFRIGERATORS, MATTINGS, OIL-CLOTHS And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. JURGEN'S SON, ADAMS AND BROAD STREETS. —Mr. Joseph Evans, our agent at Pittsburg, Pa. desires all his customers whose subscriptions for the Richmond PLANET are past due to call and settle at once. —Subscribe to The PLANET. THREE P S. E. BURGESS, D. P. A. 920 E. Malm, Thone 400 1 FOUR oo Poblched every Svurday_by JOHN METOHIRLE Sh, st St N. Fourth Street, Richmond, Va. OO JOHN MITCHELL, JR, - EDITOR eo Sit communications et for publication Maad’be cent so at to reach ws by Wedaontay —— Oe 3 TES PLANET is ieued weekly. 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The couctn have ‘Secod thet ‘mbes to ‘ewapapert whe do toe niet their paper tsonetiovel ae the exp ‘ation ef time dor wtich ft haw been paid are TE" hte for the, parment ct the eubeerption pt date ‘when they ocd ¢ the paper dino Thoed, COMMUNICATIONS —"Whee writing, > ut to renew Jour beeripion or %0” dixstinon. pour Forcr, Tou, should ete your named nem Pec “Scharwiee we coe tnt "your ame” O° CHANGE OF ADDENA—In ont to_change the air of's eucrber_ we crow be mat Se fermen an well ay the present sido Entered at the Powt OfSce at Richmond, Va cconmel eaten “SATURDAY. . AUGUST 21, 1999. — Those people who are trusting to luck seldom find material prosper- ity. The business of saving money is a very good business, if you can get hold of any money to save The colored people of the country have been so grievously deceived by false leaders that many of them do not know which way to go + It is a hopeless task with some people, especially the women. They work and drudge from one year’s end to the other and they often fee! like giving up and sinking out of sight forever There are times when all the world seems to be against us, but it is well to be hopeful, even thougt we are destined to die in despair. ‘That is why some of our leaders are Preaching the gospel of hope We should be In a condition to take advantage of good opportun!- ties. Every man and every woman have an opportunity which if they are not prepared to recelve will pass away from them forever Some people get married in order to rest easy ‘amd avoid work. They wake up to find that they entered a work-house of matrimony rather than the parlor of blissful happi- ness. ee ei PRESIDENT TAFTS APPOINTEES. President Taft has decided upon the names of the census enumera- tore. He amuses os by announcing that he will not permit any polit!- cal considerations to enter into the matter and then he announces that the men appointed have been recom- mended to him by the politicians. ‘We mean by this that he states that the men appointed were named upon the recommendations of the Sena- tors and congress men. Of course we mean no disrespect in calling a United States Senator ® politician, but it is well-known that they recommend persons who have in turn been furnished to them by the respective political machines, of which most of them are not only members, but are the actual benefi- ctaries of such political organiza- tions. If Presidest Taft bad announced that he bad named men recom- mended to him by the business mea of the respective communities, re- ‘Bardiess of their political a@iliations, then be could with reason expect practical results along the lines designated by him. The distinguished occupant in the ‘White House is “riding for a fall,” but we hope that success may crown some of his efforts, even though he may be wrong upon the bdasic prin ciples which should control and act wate a patriotic statesman of his popularity and standing. GIRL IN NIGHTGOWN PRAYS IN STREET Young New York Woman Saf- fers With Religious Mania. fae. “Yank Ake wade’ Goes cold, with only a blanket covering her FAIS | m = Sometimes a chap — ‘Thinks just = smite Ia all, tuat makes This ite worst whlle. ‘Tih aatiensic Gein eked “What do you think of the Bacon- fan theory? “There is absolutely nothing tm it” answered Mr Stormington Barnes. “Then you think Shakespeare was the author of the plays produced over his name?” “Beyond a doubt Only « manager who wrote his own plays would have permitted all those long poetic Speeches to get over the footlights.” tn Sle Bebe, “Tye got to have a thousand dol- lars: TU go and ee Jinx about it” “What makes you think he will let you have it? “He owes me a debt of gratitude he can never tepay “DidSyou save bis titer “Better than that: I married the woman to wow ke was engaged.” Strictly Business. “I belteve thes» so-called reformers make such a show of being good to wet what there ts in it” “Biven so, that ts accordisg to sound business rule” “What business rule” “To use their princtple where it will add most to their interest.” A Natural Selection. “What do you suppose would de an -aeronaut’s garden choice?” “I dont know, but I would suggest ph air plant” 00 SUGGESTIVE. ) be B> 4 | BS ES Sp dag pe | sna Cry; St a) STR | bah Gs C7 a Playwright (describing play)—Then you hare s very sttocg ame vine you trample on all the tee of home af fection, ane— Well-known Actor—Cut that out. Playwright—But {t's a very strong scene, Well-Known Actor—Maybe so, but I don't propose to tramp on any ties. Where le One At? ips Seal Gees eet. when wove oi Tae eos ote cou eniecke Aas tile! ois soee one oe tn, SG Ata eo Thee caeie ‘bead A Slow Thinker. “My motto,” said Chapleigh, “is al- ways to aw—think before I speak.” “Indeed!” rejoined Miss Caustique. “And don't you find it difficult to sus- tain a conversation and live up to your motto at the same time?” THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, WIRGINiA. DROWNED IN NIAGARA RAPIDS Youth Loses Life After a Brave Struggle in Whiripooi. FAILED TO HEED WARNING CRY August Sporer Had Gone In Swimming Above the Rapids and Wae Caught In the Swift Current Where Cap- tain Webb, the English Swimmer, Lost His Life. August Sporer, an elghteen-yearold boy, of Niagara Falls, N.Y, went to his death ain the Niagara whiripoot rapids, after a gallant battle with the Siant waves between the lower bridges and the pool. ‘With three companions, Sporer went for a swim in the river at the former Maid of the Mist landing. He struck out at once for the middle of the stream and then turned toward the bridge. His companions called to him to turn back. for the current Is very swift at that point, but he kept om down stream and was caught In the great sweep. the first break from the smoother waters to the rapids. ‘The boy struggled for a time against the current, but to no avail. Then, realizing that he was beyond human help and was to be carried through the rapids, which took the Iife of Cap- tain Webb. and which have resisted every unaided human effort at pass age be deliberately turned down Stream and began a grim fight for ure. Not In all the history of the river hag such a brave effort beea witness- e4. Although but a frall boy, he went into the rapids, «wimmine strongly and held his own until he struck the giant wave which curl up opposite the old battery elevator. Then he went under. and for a second wag lost to sight of the score of people who stood on the lower arch bridge Again and again he disappeared, only to reappear, each time fighting desper- ately against the terrible current Then. when within $00 yards of the whirtpool, his strength gave out and he sank and was lost to view. Even then he had swam perhaps 100 yards farther than did the great Eaglish swimmer. Captain Webb. ee ee eee ee ee The town of Milton, in’ Sussex county, Del.. about seven miles north. east of Georgetown, was visited by a destructive fire, of unknown origin. The fire started in the rear of Markel & Hartman's store, and practically de- atroyed the entire business section of the jowa. The loss {s estimated at $190.00. The list of stores and other proper: tles destroyed 1 as follows: Markel & Hartman, store; W. P. Starkey, store; Mason & Davidson, store; postofiice, ©. A. Conner, store; Black & Lingo store: Carey & Darby, store; J. 1 Walls, mect store: Hall & Stevens store; Mary E. Field, store; First Na- tional bank. Ponder bouse; W. H. Mears, barber shop and residence: J. B. Graham, residence; J. C. Clendan. fela, meat and provisions; 8 J. Wil- son & Son, funeral directors. The burned section covers several blocks. The town, which has « population of about 1000, has no fire protection. and people worked with buckets untt! the arrival of a fire engine from Lewes. But the spread of the flames was not checked until nearly the en tire tusiness section was tn ashes Most of the buildings destroyed wera of frame. Johnson and Jeffries Sign For Fight. Articles of agreement for a fight be- tween Jack Johnson and James J. Jef- fries for the heavyweight champlon- ship of the world were signed {a Chi- cago. The fight te to takepuace within eight months before the club offering the best inducements. all bids for the Sight are to be in within sixty days. Sam Berger, manager for James J. Jeffries; George Little, Johnson's man. ager, and Jack Johnson were present at the meeting when the articles were signed. ‘The agreement as signed calls for a fight of from 20 to 100 rounds for the heavyweight championship of the world. The division of the purse was left to the decision of Jeffries. It also provides that as a guarantee of good faith each of the parties to the agree. ment shal! past $5000 with Charles A. Comiskey, of Chicago, within seventy. two hours on the understanding that the $5000 operate as a side bet on the contest Flames Sweeo Steamer Lucania. The steamer Lucania les at the Hus- kisson dock, seriously damaged, hav ing been gutted from her funnels for- ward by fire, which broke out on board the liner Saturday evening. The flames are supposed to have originated io the saloon kitchen, The fire brigade of the vessel, with two powerful motor engines, turned out Immediately at the first alarm and found the first saloon burning fiercely from end to end. Despite all their ef. forts the flames gradually worked for- ward until they reached the steerage. consuming every particle of the wood. work there and then played havoc with the forehold. Her upper part is considerably above water. The first saloon sky- lights were destroyed and the decks Terward are badly buckled. Some of the plates of the bull were warped by the heat. The repairs to the Lucania will occupy considerable time. ‘Three Presidents to Meet. ‘Three presidents muy. mest ta New Orfeans on Mr. Taft's there, about Nov. 1. Thoy are Mossrs. Jose Domingo de Obaidis, of Panama; Gen- eral Jose Miguel Gomes, of Cubs, and ‘William Howard Taft, of the United Btates. . There is pow talk of inviting the See ocraete may ing a "at their disposal to bring them to this country and take bag eis deemed eminently appropriate by the offictals that such a meeting take piace, Secause of the interest this goverament hag manifested in the two republics, and the occasion will afford an opportraity for « personal ex- change of felfettations between the threo executives, such as are to take place between President Ta and President Dias at El Paso. Found $50,000 In Beggar's Hut oot eer policemen and Peter Liebauch, am old hermit, inspectors of the North Side station in Pittsburg, while they were searching the old man’s hut, found the walls and furniture bulging with money. A trunk was filed with silver doliars, bottles and jars held smaller coins, bureau drawers were stuffed with bundies of bills. In all the police found close to $50,- 000, and when their search seemed to be ended they stumbied upon a wash- bdotler filled to the brim with quarters, hanks Svan etitinn Van Sant Heads the @. A. Re Samuel K Van Sant, of Minnesota, was elected commanderin-chlet of the Qrand Army of the Republic at the en- eampment tn Salt Lake City, Van Sant won over Judge William A. Keacham. of Indiana, by a vote of ‘$87 to 156. In addition to Commander Van Sent the following Grant Army officers were olected: Senior vice commanier, W. My Bos taph, Ogden; junior vice ae Judge Alfred Beers, Bristol, Conn.; surgeon general, W. H. Lemon, Law. rence, Kan. Atiantic City was chosen for the encampment next year. Thirty-five Horses Burned. Thirty-five horses were roasted to death in a fire which destroyed the building of the Potter Express com- pany in Camden, N. J The baliding was threa stories high, The first ttoor helt twenty-five deliv. ery wasons, most of which were de- stroyed. A runway with a gradual in- cline led to the second floor, and the horses were stablet there Frank Taines, a watchman. was on the ata- ble ftoor, when he smelled smoke, He Investigated and found flames shoot. ing up the runway and cutting off all chances of escape for the horses. He was slightly burned leaping down the runway to give the alarm. ae PR Re Mrs. WC. Grider, of Adair county, near Campbellsville, Ky. was at- tracted to ber weaving room by the sound of her reel, and on opening the door ahe was horrified to see a large snake going around with the spin- ning wheel Wher the reptile crawl- ef on the whoel It started the wheel to running. The snake was unable to free itself, and a aumber of specta- tors witnessed the cemarkable aight for nearly haif « day. The snake was finally killed and measmrad five feet tm tength Seats Wright's Flight. Charies F. Willard, the “pupil” of Glenn H. Chrtisa, surpassed bis pre- docessor’s best cross country fights in the New York Aeronautic society's aeroplane, the Golden Flyer, at Min- cola, L. [ More than that, the young aviator beat the Wright broth. ‘ors’ cross country record by ten miles, made recently at Fort Myer. Willard flew twelve miles tm ninetee and a half minutes, and was forced by an accident to deseend. Wu Ting Fang Recalled. Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang bas been recalled from Washington and ordered to Pekin for further asalgn- ment. His successor will be Chang Yin Tang, formerly charge 4’affaires at Madrid, and now deputy vice prest- dent of foreign affairs. ( ‘Mr. Wu is now in Peru. to which ‘ountry he has been credited along eee cn ae $20,000 Em~-aid Was $60,000 Diamond. Mrs. Claude Watney, who bas one of tue fina: colleetions of gems in London, was recently prosented with & Jewel her husband had bought on the continent for $20,00) as an em- erald. When shown to mm expert it Proved to be a green diamond worth $60,000. Bermuda Onion Trust Formed. The Bermuda onfon growers of the Laredo, Texas, district have formed an organiaztion to control the Ameri ean onlon market. Thetr onion crop this season sold for $900,000. They say that their lack of organization en- abled eastern buyers to depress prices Train Kilts Man; He Saves Baby. William Coates, watchman at a rall- Toad crossing at Cedar Rapids, Ia, was instantly killed by a passenger train while saving the life of « four year-old boy. He succeeded tn throw ing the boy out of danger. Giri Poisoned By Money. New York, Aug. 18—Miss Rtta White is il! at her home in New Brunswick, suffering from poisoning, caused, it is supposed, by handling contaminated mone™, Miss White {a cashier in a store and handles consid: erable cash each day. Some days ago the left side of her face was affected, and the physician who {s attending ‘her thinks she has been poisoned by some of the banknotes she handled. POLITICIAN A SUICIDE | Reading Man Drinks Polson After Wife Leaves Him. Reading, Pa, Aug. 18—Albert BH. Rauenzahn, aged thirty-nine years, a prominent Republican politician, com- mitted suictie. He drank cyanide of potasium. Two weeks ago his wife left him, following some domestic trouble. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS. Tiaediek Anak ch. James H. Ri er, of M ninth, staabe aber me bee ers a commer fed sutcide by (ag int an aban- tomed weil, Be eh Same reading rallied st ¢ * at Chester, Pa. while stealing a ride and both legs were so badiy mangled that they had to be amputated. ‘ ‘Masked moa, styled “night riders” by the country people at Brownsville, Ky., wounded Harden fg = far mer, and took Andrew ‘another farmer, and two women from their homes and whipped them. Friday, August 13. Mrs. Mary Munro, 103 years old, ied at the county hospital at Wil ‘mington, Del., where she bad been for sometime ‘The Buckeye Rubber plant at Akron, ©., was partially destroyed by fire. with {ts hundreds of tons of raw ma terial, entailing a loss of $200,000. Fire at tho Reading (Pa) Abattotr company’s plant resulted in a loss es mated by the firm at close to $75,000, about two-thirds of which ts covered by tnsurance. William Reed and fiveyearold Eve- lyn Trautman were tnstantly killed and Mrs. Guy Trautman, her mother, per haps fatally injured by betng struck by @ passenger train while driving across the Erle tracks at North Center, Dear Akron, 0. Saturday, August 14. During an electrical storm at Hobbs Island, Ala, Mra. Joba Hornbuckle was fastantiy Kili and her little niece, Mattie Lemley, fatally injured by a doit of lightning. The plant of the Empire Graphite feompany, at Porters Comers, near Saratoga. N. ¥., including a fouratory ‘mill and several smaller buildings, was burned, with a loss of $100,000. Deapondent because he had been reprimanded, Sergeant F. A. Bruger, of the marine guard of the cruiser Tennessee, now at the Puget Sound navy yard, committed suicide by cut- ting his throat. Wether Detwoller; tacas vente, old. lo fond: her sister. Rebecca, aged alx years {8 dying ant the mother of the childrer rioualy burned as the re. sult of a lamp explosion at thelr home at Vandergrift Holehts, Pa Monday, August 16 The Hotei Arlington at Santa Bar. dara, Cal, waa destroyed by fire, which drove out several hundred greets, Loss, $75,000 Hugh C. Ward, a prominent Kansas City philanthropist. Iaw partner of Governor Hailey, of Mlasouri, died In a sanitarium at New York of apoplexy. Samuel S$. Martin, of Voganville Pa. was seriously hurt by a fall of thirty-five fest while painting. both arma being broken and taternal tn furten suntained. The International Typographical ion. in seaaion at St Joseph, Mo, voted to require local unions to affii- ate with the central bodies of the American Federation of Labor. Tuesday, August 17. | Harry Shollenberger, a York. Pa butcher, divt of blood potkoning, caus e4 by a small cut on the hand. "Benson Miller, fourteen years: old, 'was killed at Chicago by a pitched bail, which struck him om the ear | “Lady Atma-Tadema, wife of Sir Lawrence Aima-Tatema. the painter and an artist of note, ts dead | Beoa she jilted him, Harry Bliss, need 8, shot and fatally wound ed Miss M tarke aged ‘seven: | Ned Marshal, « fescribed as an American mulillonatre, was killed at Monte Carlo by a hospital guard i who escaped |""Prince A bert Leopold, hele to. the Belgian throne, has arrived in Ant werp from his trip to the Congo, and was given an ovation | Wednesday. August 18. | charleston, 8. C. voted against pro- hibition for the county dispensary six | Carrying twenty-five passengers, the steamer Seattle turned turtle 300 feet from her dock at Couer D'Alene, Wash. No lives were lost. The petroleum fuel of the steamer | Monte Blanco caught fire tn the bar- (bor at Callao, Peru, and the steamer was completely destroyed. The firat bale of new crop North Carolina cotton was sold at Norven, | xi'c Te war classed as goo! middling, and brought 14 cents @ pound. Ella Bullock and her two small ais- ters were burned to death tn a fire that destroyed the farmhouse near La Brosse, Kan. Tho fire was caused by ‘a gasoline explosion during the ab- sence of the parent, To Have Aero Militia. Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 18.—Adju tant General Frank M. Rumbold, of the national guard of Missouri, ‘has {ssued an order directing the organt- zation of an areo detachment, which will be a part of the signal corps at Bt. Louis. Fifteen aeronauts will be enlisted $2500 Reward For Murderer. Rochester. N. Y., Aug. 18—The re ward for the apprehension of the mur derer of Miss Anna Schumacher, the seventeen-yearold girl who met her death at Holy Sepulchre cemetery ten days ago, was increased from $500 to $2500. Cotone! F. J. Fitzsimmons, Dead. Scranton, Aug. 18—Colonel F. J, Fitzsimmons, prominent in state ard local potitics, died here after an illness of nearly a year, He was 4 member of the Lackywanan bar and was noted for his oratory. He was s Democrat. ‘Snes. Sond et Sita Ditiee th Washington, Aug. 18.—Announce ment is made here that President Taft has appointed Miss Jane A Delano, of New York, to be superintendent of army nurses to fill the vacancy caus 4 by. the recent resignation of Miss D. H. Kinney. Miss Delano was for- merly superintendent of nurses at the Bellevue hospital, New York, and is Row president of the National Asso- ciation of Nurses. She is spending the summer In Europe, and will assume the duties of the place early in Sep- tember. oa a, oe oe | Tv COCK POTATOES, NEW WAYS OF PREPARATION NOT IN GENERAL USE. Groquettes Are a Welcome Variation from the Ordinary Methods of Serving—Potatoes and Eggo— Souffle and Pudding. We all know how to cook the dish of Diain boiled or steamed potatoes, of ‘hich we tire sometimes, but to which we always return. But many excel- lent dishes can be wade with potatoes and most of the recipes given here can ‘be made with old or new potatoes. Potato Croquettes—Boil six large ‘potatoes, rub them through a sieve or beat them up with two forks; work in, while hot, a tablespoonful of butter, half a cupful of hot milk, seasoning of salt, pabper and gangika, beet ta two eega, then turn out a to a dish and allow to get cold; make the mixture into meat croquettes, using little flour, then roll in beaten egg and fine bread crumbs; fry im plenty of smok- ing hot fat. Drain and serve hot. Potatoes and Eggs—Boll some large potatoes in their skins. Peel and cut in thick slices. Seald one cupful of cream, lay the potatoes in a fireproof dish; Seaton with salt, pepper and grate of nutmeg. Pour on the cream, add two or three small pieces of butter and bake till thoroughly hot. Serve with some neatly trimmed poached eggs on the top, Baked Souffle Potatoes—Wash well and bake In a slow oven six large po- tawes. When ready, cut carefully in halves, scoop out the centers, and rub through a sieve. Weight two ounces Boil one tablespoonful of milk and balf an ounce of butter, add the potato and beat wall, Next add the yolks of two eggs, salt and pepper to taste, then best up the whites of the eggs and mix them in gently. Partly fil the skins, bake them till light brown and puffed up well, then serve quickly, as everything “soufMe™ falls as it cools. Potato Pudding—Rub half a pound of mashed potatoes through a sieve, add two tableaponfuls of sugar, rind and strained juice of half a lemoa, one heaping tablespoonful of butter, two vik Of eggs, three beaten whites of age aud three tablespeoufuls of milk Mix and pour into a deep fireproof dish and bake till: wall rises Recipe for Fig Jam. Cut up one pound of figs into smal! dleces, using small scissors for cut- ting Cover with cold water and bring to slow boil Simmer untit soft and then add one cupful of granulated sugir. Bot! until thick and then set mixture to cool An excellent plan when figs are to be used either as @ filling for dough- nuts or cakes, {s to prepare them the nlght before they are to be used. Cut them up and cover them with the Water they are to be boiled in. When soaked over uight this way the figs will cook in just one-fourth the time otherwise required Kidney Soup. One pint and a half of stock, quarter of & pound of bullock kidney, season. ing, chopped parsiey. Have the stock in which mutton has been boiled, and which will be flavored nicely from the vagetables dolled with meat. Boil the kidney tn ft, and when half cooked. take up the meat and chop {t into smal dice. Strala the soup through a cloth into a clean pan Season, and add the kid. hey; let it boll for six minutes, and then serve with a little chopped pars- ley on the top betta Two pounds cold boiled beef, three medium size raw potatoes, one bell Pepper, one chili pepper, two amall onions, three large ripe tomatoes Peeled, small piece of butter, half a teaspoonful white pepper, half a tea. Spoonful sait; chop all very fine and turn out fn a well greased baking pan bake balf an hour in hot oven. Serve very warm from the oven. Rice and Cress. Boll tender one cupful of rice in salted water, drain and let steam for five minutes. Meantime wash, dry and break two bunches of watercress. Fry until crisp in a tablespoonful of but- ter. Arran vith rice in a deep dish in alternate ayers, with rice at top and bottom. Scatter grated cheese ‘over the last layer. Spanish Rice (Original.) Soak one large cupful of rice for three hours, then fry in three heaping tablespoonfuls bacon grease until i turns a light brown. Chop fine three tomatoes, two bell peppers, one onion, on half lobe gar'fe; stir into rice: Dour one pint boiling water over all, salt and pepper to taste and bofl until rice is tender. i te To remove kerosene spots from a carpet sprinkle the place with corn. meal, brushing it out when it ft has Jain a few hours. The kerosene will all come out by renestiog the applica- tion, which will. have to be done ff much bas been spilled Meat and Pickle Sandwiches. Chop the meat left over from a pre- vious day, together with a sour pickle and spread on a iettuce teat: put entire preparation between two thin slices of white bread, Keep Milk from Scorching, Either rinse the pan with cold water or put a little butter on the bottom of the pan before putting the milk tn, and you need not worry about the contents scorching. ‘Geduek Sear. Allow an ounce of hops and a table- Spoon of ginger to a gallon of water. When well totied strain tt and put fn a pint of molasses or a pound of brown sugar and half an ounce or tess of the essence of spruce. When cool add a teacup of yeast, and put inte a clean, tight cask and let it ferment for a day or two, then bottle It for use. You can boll the sprigs of spruce fn place of the essence. ~ $3.50 RECIPE CURBS WEAK MEN—PREE Send Name amd A@drese ‘Today— You Cam Have It Free and Be Serceg.cna Vanuemn. I have im my p } Dr scription for nervous fake of vigor, - oe ee 8 med by excesses, unnatural drains, of the tollies of youth. that ss cured so many worn ern ee in their own —without an; aa: ditional help or medicine think every man who wishes to re- gain his manly power and virility, quickly and quietly, should hate a copy. So I have determined to send a copy of the prescription free of charge, in a plain, ordinary sealed envelope to any man who will write ‘me for it. This prescription comes from a physician who has made a spectai study of men and I am convinced it is the surest acting combination for the cure of deficient manhood and vigor failure ever put together. I think I owe it to my fellow maa to send them a copy in confidence so that any man anywhere who ts weak and dis¢uraged with repeated failures may stop dragging himself with harmful patent medicines, se- cure what I believe cn quickest. acting restorative, upWullding, SPOT- TOUCHING remedy ever devised and so cure himself at home quietly and quickly. Just drop me a lino like this: Dr. A. E. Robinson, $895 Luck Butlding. Detroit, Mich., and I will send you a copy of this splendid recipe in ‘a plain ordinary envelope free of charge. A great many doc- tors would charge $3.00 to $5.00 for merely writing out a prescription like this—but I send it entirely free. LATEST TEA TASLE FITTINGS. Almost Endless Variety is at the Com- fnand af the Hoeven This ne Seer New things for the tea table are seemingly endless in thelr variety. The “Brown Betty"—the teapot in a Fecent offerins—ts of a pecullarly Ius- trous china, as often blue or green as brown, and overlaid with bright silver. Of course, the creamer and sugar bow! match. Teacups are of generous size, low and broad, and of fragile porce: fain. One never see nowadays the rather thick usual shaded cups that held about a thimbleful. The spoons, to facilitate conversa- tion, perhaps, have fancy bowls and handles representing everything al moat fn fact or fiction. Other silver accessories are jam holders, for in the English fashion Jam or marmalade is quite necessary at the modern tea. Then there ts the wafer jar, and the tea caddy, uaually ta old Dutch silver. An attractive shape fs octagonal with a round- hinged cover. New tea balls and strainers are se lected for their oddity or originaltty, One fs a Chinaman’s head, and there are spoons united ke the Siamese twins, only more so, as they fit closely face to face, although they open ap pincers to scoop up a fresh portion tea, and when they’ are put, closed, {nto hot water, their contents diffuses as from the regular tea ball. Some of the new sugar tongs are provided with point designed to harpoon a refrac- tory bit of lemon which so many pre- fer to cream in their tea. And to fur. ther burden the table there are recep: tacles for the sliced Jemon tn cut or ailver-mounted glass, pierced {n many intricate designs, or showing a colored crystal lUning. a |The Home. | After scraping fish. rub the steel knife over an old lemon peel, and tt cha guile eh tae cea eth Phin voeeni aural eo eet Teethee fernlenre geiteh tp cot Cre he DEK kay’ aid ea ts likely to attract bees to the cage or seers Se Tea te Boalusha beside peed. sie a Denne eae eer eas Do not attempt to use sour or moldy reader. Cut in thin slices some breakfast bacon and fry slowly until a nice brown and slightly crisped at the edges. Take from the pan and place in the oven in a colander where it will keep hot. Have ready sliced apples that have been pared and cored, and fry them in the bacon fat left after the meat is removed from the pan. Fry them brown on both sides and nerve in a heated dish, with the slices of bacon laid around them. Powdered ‘sugar will improve the apples if they are too tart. Russian Salad, Take several kinds of cold, cooked vegetables—for example, string beans, Peas, carrots and sprigs of cauliflow. er—and mix with mayontialse, into ‘Which a heaping teaspoon of dissolved, gelatine has been stirred. Put the whole into smail individual molds, and. when cold turn out on lettuce, which has had French dressing poured over it Almond Cakes, ‘Three-fourths pound butter, two cup. tuls of sugar, one-fourth pound al. monds, yolks of two.eggs, hard botled, three fresh exes, one lemon, one small glass of brandy, one heaping teaspoon- ful baking powder and four enough Paige THE PLANET SATURDAY...AUGUST 21, 1909 FIGHT FOR LIFE IN OPEN SEA Crew of Schooner Arlington In Six-Hour Battle For Life. ONE SWEPT TO SEA AND LOST Captain Lost His Bearings In Driving Rain and Fog, and Mistaking Lights of Hotel For Those of Ocean Liner, His Vessel Ran Aground and Will Be a Total Loss. New York, Aug. 13.—Long Island life savers, after a six hours' battle, added another victory against the sea to their long list of remarkable rescues, when they brought safely to land the captain and crew—seven souls in all—from the three-masted schooner Arlington, of Boston, which went ashore in the driving rain and fog off Long Beach, on the south shore of Long Island. The eighth member of the crew, Madden Pierson, a Swede, who put off from the schooner on a raft with the hope of reaching the shore with a line, was swept out to sea by the tide and lost sight of. It is believed that he perished. It was at first reported that Pierson had been picked up five miles to the north, near Rockaway Beach, but this was not borne out. The rescue from the schooner was witnessed by cheering guests of the Nassau hotel at Long Beach and by hundreds of cottagers. And, strangely, the hotel was indirectly responsible for the vessel's plight, for Captain Ira Small, after having lost his bearings, mistook the glimmering lights in the structure for those of a liner in mid-ocean, and thus misled, ran aground. The schooner, heavily laden with anacritte, bound from this port for Mayport, Fla., struck a sandbar three hundred yards off shore while the rain made the dim early morning light more impenetrable. Pounded by a heavy sea, while a terrific easterly gale was blowing, she began to yield immediately. Boats and life preservers went with the first crash, and the masts, which bent to the gale and appeared likely to go down at any moment, seemed an unsafe, shelter to the captain. He and the crew accordingly climbed out on the bowsprit. The life savers reached the scene soon after daybreak. They worked frantically, but in vain, trying to shoot a line to the wreck. The high seas and wind made this impossible, but perseverance won the day. After six futile attempts they succeeded in getting a surf boat through the breakers to the lee of the wreck, and the rescue of the imperiled sailors followed. Aside from a broken ankle sustained by the cabin boy and the suffering incident to exposure, which all sustained, no one was seriously injured. X-RAY AS LEPROSY CURE U. S. Quarantine Officer In Philippines Makes Important Demonstrations Important Demonstration. Washington, Aug. 18—The X-ray as a cure for some forms of leprosy has been demonstrated in the Philippines, health authorities in the Philippines, according to Dr. Victor A. Heisler, chief guardian officer in the islands. Dr. Heiser in a report to Surgeon General Wyman, of the public health and marine hospital service, says the X-ray is suitable only for specially selected cases, and is valuable apparently only in the early stages. San Lazaro hospital, at Manila, was the first institution in the world to use the X-ray for leprosy treatment. Official figures show that on March 31, 1909, there were 2446 lepers in the Philippines, segregation having reduced by more than 1000 the number of cases during the past two years. At the beginning of the American occupation, eleven years ago, there were nearly 4000 lepers. Americans perfected the establishment for lepers in the island of Cullion in 1906. It is estimated that under the Spanish regime 700 new cases appeared every year. At the present time the new cases average 300 annually. Fatally Hurt Watching Fight. Mahanoy City, Pa., Aug. 18.—Watching a quarrel between two youths of his own age, fifteen-year-old John Burger was struck on the head by a big stone, which fractured his skull. He will die, Joseph Stuckon is under arrest. Negro to Hang For Assault. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18.—Rogers Merritt, a negro, was convicted in the superior court here of criminal assault upon Miss Maggie Mccormitt, sixteen years old, on the night of June 23 last. Drink of Water Caused Death To Insure Only Total Abstainers. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18.—Application for a charter for an insurance com- pany that will accept risks only on total abstainers was filed with Sec- retary of State Cook. HORTICULTURE WHITE BIRCH TREE LOUSE. Insect Also Produces a Very Peculiar Gall on Witch Hazel—Formula for Spray. In answering a query, for a formula for the destruction of a plant louse that infests the birch trees and also produces a very peculiar gall on witch hazel, a writer in the Country Gentleman says it is exceedingly interesting. Since it was first described as occurring on the latter plant, it is now known as Hamamelis spinosus, the specific name having reference to the peculiar, many-spined, oval, green gall about three-quarters of an inch long, found on witch hazel from June to the latter part of October. The life history of this species is peculiar and has been recently worked out in detail by Theodore Hamamelistes Spinosus — a. Mature Gall; b. Section of Same, after Pergande. Pergande, of the bureau of ethnology, U. S. department of agriculture. He finds winter eggs deposited on witch hazel stems from the middle of June to early in July remaining unhatched to the following May or June, thus being dormant almost 12 months. The young hatching from these eggs locate on the sides of buds, causing the tissues to multiply abnormally and inclose the insect within the peculiar gall described above. The plant lice commence leaving these witch hazel galls in June and migrate to bitches, the third generation being peculiar in closely resembling the young of an ordinary soft scale or Lecanium. This generation hibernates on the birch, activity being resumed the middle of the following April, the females producing young with conspicuous thick, white tufts at the posterior extremity. Their descendants in turn produce another generation, which is the one complained of. These insects are frequently so abundant as to produce serious deformations of the foliage, causing 1 Hamamelistes Spinosus: Pseudogallis or Corrugations on Birch Leaves, After Pergande. areas between the veins to swell and bulge, thus forming ridges or corrugations. According to the investigations of Mr. Pergande this species should forsake the birches shortly for the witch hazel. An outbreak of this character, if the plant lice are very abundant and natural enemies not numerous, should be checked by thorough spraying with a kerosene emulsion, the standard formula diluted with nine parts of water, or a whale-oil soap solution, using one pound to six or seven gallons of water. The application should be early or the badly-curled foliage may make it almost impossible to obtain satisfactory results. The elm tree beetle is best controlled by thorough spraying with an arsenical poison, preferably the commercial arsenate of lead, since the latter possesses superior adhesive properties. Care should be taken to throw this poisoned mixture upon the under side of the leaves, since the voracious grubs do not eat upon the upper surface. Set Out Strawberries One distinct branch of midsummer work is to set out a strawberry bed. Do not wait and bay expensive pot-grown plants from a nursery. Get some runners from a neighbor now. Wait for a rain before planting them. And in locating the bed put it out of the way of next spring's plowing. "Mrs. Pensonby must be out of town." "What makes you think so?" "Ponsenby has already had nine drinks and it isn't noon yet." "Is a royal bush casual?" "In one way. Very few kinds blush for their sine." THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA HANDY LABOR-SAVING DEVICE Tool for Use in Picking Fruit That Will Enable a Person to Use Both Hands. When picking any kind of fruit from a tree the device shown in the accompanying illustration will be found very useful, since it enables the picker to use both hands, leaving accompanying ill- illustration will be found very use- ful, since it en- able the picker to use both hands, leaving blim much freer to accomplish the work quickly and satisfactorily. A piece of heavy steel wire may be bent as indicated, the larger round being clasped over a limb for tree, while the pail is hung on the smaller. SUPPORT FOR FLOWER VINES Two Long Sticks, Held by Screws Easily Removed, Afford Protection from Severe Storms. Last year I tried a new support for flowering vines which proved most satisfactory, says a writer in the Housekeeper. I took two light sticks long enough to reach across the end of the plaza where I wished to train the vines, and connected them with stout cords on which the vines might run. In the upper stick I fastened three screw eyes, which slipped over three corresponding hooks at the top of the plaza. Several times during the summer, when we had furious storms which whip the tender vines so ruinously, I unhooked the support and placed the vines flat on the plaza floor, securing the stick with a couple of stones. In this way they escaped the worst of the storm and were quite fresh when I hooked them in place again. Our vines never before lived through the summer in such good condition. The first frosty nights the vines were placed on the ground and covered with a blanket so that our blossoms remained quite late, and when at last they became frost-bitten it was very simple to remove both vines and support, leaving behind no dangling strings or wires. The Rose Leaf Hopper The rose leaf hopper, also known as the white bug, attacks the under side of the tender leaves of roses. The female lays the eggs on the under side of the leaf, and as soon as hatched they suck the juices of the leaf. Their presence may be known by the leaves turning white and then yellow and dropping off, says a writer in the Baltimore American. Our rose growers recommend a solution of whale oil soap or tobacco water, applied with a fine spray both to the upper and under side of the leaf. The spraying to be effective, must be given as soon as they appear, and kept up until the leaves are strong enough to resist their attack. The whale oil solution is made as follows: Soap, one pound, cut fine; water, six gallons; dissolved, stir thoroughly before using; spray when cold. Dwarf Apples Astracanach apples or dwarf trees four years old have set so full as to require half of them to be taken off, and with some trees two-thirds, says the American Cultivator. Dwarf trees will require more pruning, the fruit to be thinned and higher cultivation. They may be protected against any and all kinds of insects, and as the fruit is finer in quality, if the quantity is less the higher value the fruit will command will bring up the average well with standard trees. There are so many difficulties attending the culture of the apple, the most being imported insect pests, that the business will have to be carried on largely by specialists in the future. The competition of western orchards will also be a factor in forcing better methods upon the eastern growers. Using a Weeder A great many farmers do not know how to get the most service from a weeder. When the soil becomes hard and compact after rains, the space between the rows may be broken up by the cultivator, after which the weeder will readily stir the soil in the rows. When used at the right time myriads of small weeds may be destroyed before they become troublesome and moisture is conceived in a most effectual manner by this tool with its many small teeth. It may be used on crops with which it would seem impossible without too great damage. For example, beans may be cultivated by means of the weeder when a few inches high, and if the work is done about midday, when the plants are limp, very few will be injured. Many bean growers who use the weeder sow slightly more seed to make provision for possible loss of plants. This vegetable should never be cultivated when the plants are wet. Best Market Pears. The three varieties of pears that I have found best for market during the middle and late fall are Bartlett, Kleffer and Duchess, says a writer in Baltimore American. I name these varieties because they respond best to cultivation and seem to be hardy. I can handle them all conveniently from cold storage whenever the markets want them. They are planted on land that is more or less clear and with good drainage. Cut Out Dead Wood Cut out the dead and unnecessary wood. It does five things: Keeps your ground cleaner, gives your fruit more sun, gives you larger crops and makes your trees safer to climb and easier to spray. Rural Telephone a Success The rural telephone has come to be a practical farm utility, often paying for itself ten times over in one year. Man has long been trying to overcome time and space, and he has practically accomplished the result by the use of the telephone. Life in the country is not so slow with a telephone in your house and in the house of every neighbor. Watercress for Dyspensia "What this town ought to have," said the man just back from London, "is a watercress market. Greatest cure for all kinds of stomach troubles you ever saw. Over there they have a regular place where they sell watercress early in the morning. I've seen all kinds of people buy portions of watercress and eat it with a bit of bread right on the spot. They say it is an infallible cure for any stomach ailment."—New York Sun. Country-Bred Boys Win Fully 90 per cent. of all the famous Americans have been country-bred and all of them acknowledge their fame and success due to the foundations they laid as boys on the old farmstead. There are one hundred country youths who succeed and make their mark in the world to one city-born and city-bred. For every country boy who falls in the race of life more than a thousand failures can be laid to the city. Beekeeping in America Bees were unknown to the Indians, but they were brought over from England only a few years after the landing of the pilgrim fathers. It was more than two centuries after the first white invasion of New England, however, before modern beekeeping began. The industry of the present day dates from the invention of the movable-frame hive by Langstroth in 1852 Where Milton Wrote The last years of Milton's life were spent in a house in Artillery Walk, Burhill Fields, London, Eng, where he, while blind, composed and dictated to his daughters "Paradise Lost," "Paradise Regained," and "Samson Agonistes," and where he died in 1674, at the age of 66. Words Sweetly Spoken Only a few sweet, loving words—that is all; but coming from the heart and going to the heart, they would brighten many a life and comfort many a soul, as the speaker of them little thinks. Let us not be so chary of them—Mary H. Perkins. Honesty and Happiness The world is getting much better all the time and it is not so much by process of law as through a growing feeling by individuals that they can get no satisfaction out of life unless they are true to themselves - Philadelphia Inquirer. Wasn't \ Surprising An archaeologist has discovered the pomatum and other "makeup" of an Egyptian beauty of 3,350 years ago. The inventory shows no advancement in feminine wiles up to a late hour last night - New York Herald Constant Woman. When a woman, one who really is a woman, has once truly and deeply loved a man, she can never wholly stop loving him. For that man she will always feel a certain tenderness — The American The Retart Smaker Two Cockney "dudes" were discussing each other, publicly. One said something about the other's "jaw," or "jore." "Garn" answered her opponent, "you've got enough jaw for two sets of teeth, you 'ave.' Providential Arrangement "De man who speaks nuffa but de simple truth," said Unite Eben. 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In some cases matrimony might be compared to autumn which is preceded by much warmth and followed with frost and storm —Exchange. Willing to Be Fair "Bizniz won't hunt for you behind the door, but if you are ready it will meet you half way every time." Despize Evil Tongues We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to despise them—Cato. Universally Popular All claim kindred with the prosperous.—Latin. Baking Cake. An experienced cook says that there is no necessity of cake baked in a gas oven being over-done on the bottom if this precaution is taken: Before lighting the gas under the oven, slip out the bottom sheet of the oven, replacing it just before putting in the cake. Then the cake is not over-baked at the start. That is when the damages is done to it. Reforestation. About the time a man is 25 he begins looking for a cure for dandruff, and he keeps it up until he dies — Topeka Capital The Happy Mule To be poor and lowly has its solaces. 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Bull Fight to Raise Taft Fund El Paso, Aug. 18.—For the purpose of raising money for entertaining Presidents Taft and Diaz, when they meet here, the leading citizens of Clugad Jaurez, opposite El Paso, gave an amateur bull fight. Three bulls were killed. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices For Produces and Live Stock. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter low grades. $4.25 @ 4.60; winter clear. $4.75 @ 4.90; city mills, fancy. $6.50 @ 6.75. RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel, $4.25@4.50. WHEAT steady; new, No. 2 red, western, $1.94@1.05. CORN quiet. No. 2 yellow, local. 78 3/4 to 79c. OATS quiet, No. 2 white, clipped, 50k, #51c, lower grades, 49c POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 14; @16%@12%; old roosters, 10%@11%; Dressed steady; cake fowls, 17c.; old roosters, 12c. BUTTER firm; extra creamy, 30c. Batter firm, 27@29c.; near- by 25c.; western, 25c. POTATOES steady; new, per barrel, 75c.$1.75. Live Stock Markets PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)— CATTLE slow and lower, choice, $6.50 @6.75; prime, $6.15@6.40 SHEEP slow; faahs lower; prime wethers, $4.85@8; culls and common, lambs, $6.45@7; veal calves, $6.09@9 HOGS lower; prime heavies, mediums and heavy Yorkers, $8.05@10; light Yorkers, $8.05; plugs, $7.90@8; roughs, $6.50@7.10 MISSING AXLETON YOUNG GIRL FOUND Tells Pitiful Story of Abuse at Hands of Foster Father. Charleroi. Pa. Aug. 18.—Developments came thick and fast in the search for Annie Gates, seventeen years old, a foster daughter of F. G. Chambers, of Arleton, near here, who was supposed to have been kildapped last week. The girl was found, seriously ill, at a home fifteen miles from her own, and told a story of abuse and ill-treatment, alleged to have been received at the hands of her foster father that caused his arrest later. After leaving the Chambers' home, the girl became ill, but struggled onward, her only idea being to get as far as possible from the scene of her trouble. Finally, becoming entirely exhausted, she sought shelter at the home of J. A. Riggs, asking for work, saying the only payment desired was board and clothes. Mrs. Riggs, a former trained nurse, took care of the girl and called a physician, to whom the girl told her story. Her assertions of the indignities to which she was forced to submit were made known to the police, who immediately placed Chambers under arrest. Feeling here is strong against the man. REAL WHITE WINGS HERE Ohio Town Has a Flock of Ducks As Street Cleaners. Bellefontaine, O., Aug. 18.—The white wings of the town of Lakeview, near here, are literally white wings. They're ducks. Recently the finances of the village fell to such a low ebb that it was impossible to longer employ a street sweeping service, so that it was dispensed with. There remained a small sum in the treasury. One of the alderman proposed that the money be invested in a flock of ducks, which would go through the streets and eat the rubbish. Lean ducks were bought and turned loose. They started in at one end of the town early in the morning, and made their way to the other end, when they were turned backward or shifted to another street. --- BIG PLANET Continuation of Paul's Third Journey Sunday School Lesson for August 22, 1909 Specially Arranged for This Paper LENSON TEXT—Acta 19:23:29.1 Memory verse 28. GOLDEN TEXT—"He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for those, for my strength is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor. 13: 19. TIME-A. D. 35 or 37, near the close of Paul's work at Ephesus. vvvv PLACE—The city of Ephesus. Suggestion and Practical Thought. Some Things with Which the Gospel Interferes. The Results. Business Interests versus the Gospel—Vs. 21. 28. Paul's Plans for the Future. For at least two years and three months Paul had been working in Ephesus and was about ready to go on extending Christianity even to Rome (see Rom. 1: 13; 15: 22), and on to Spain (Rom. 15: 24), after visiting and strengthening the churches in Macedonia and Greece, and bearing the gifts of Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Corinth and other Gentile churches (Rom. 15: 26) to the poor in Jerusalem. In Corinth he expected to receive contributions for the poor in Jerusalem (1 Cor. 16: 14). He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus (2 Tim. 4: 20), through Macedonia to Corinth (1 Cor. 4: 17:19) to prepare that church for his approaching visit. Paul succeeded in all these plans, but some of them were accomplished in a very different manner. Paul "stayed in Asia for a season" (V. 22). Apparently for several weeks or months. From the fact that Asia is mentioned rather than Ephesus, its capital, it has been inferred that he did not remain in the city all the time, but labored in the outlying districts. A Contrast. In our last lesson we saw how Christians voluntarily gave up a bad business, at great cost to themselves, for Christ's sake. Now we find some men who tried to destroy the Gospel because it was injuring their bad business. "There arose no small stir," commotion, like the sea in a storm. "A certain man named Demetrius." Probably the head of the whole guild of shrine makers. "Diana." The Ephesian Diana was a distinct goddess from the Greek Diana (the Latinized form of Artemis), who was a virgin, a huntress, a personification of the moon, as Apollo was of the sun. She was worshiped with the vilest debaucheries, as many of the heathen idols were, incorporating the lusts of the flesh in the very ritual of worship. "Our craft is in danger," because "this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands;" and this "throughout all Asia," the Roman province of that name, of which Ephesus was the capital. All the blessings of the Gospel, the uplift, the renovated character, the happiness and prosperity, and eternal salvation of the great mass of the people, weighed nothing against the money gains of a few men in a bad business. This was in direct contrast with the character of the Christians, who made great sacrifices in burning their own (not other people's) bad books which were injuring the people. The Mob in the Coliseum -Vs. 29-41. "The whole city was filled with confusion." The mob of Ephesus made for the house of Aquila, with whom Paul was lodging. They missed their prey; but as Paul tells us that Aquila and Priscilla had for his life laid down their own necks (Rom. 16:4), it is likely that these faithful friends, in shielding the apostle, brought themselves into the most imminent peril. The mob, though baffled of their principal aim, seized on Galus and Ariarchus, two of Paul's associates, and dragged them away as criminals. "Rushed with one accord into the theater," the Coloseum, capable of holding 56,000 people. Alexander the Jow. The Jews were always especially exposed to persecution, and as the mob would be likely to make no distinction between Jews and Christians, particularly as Paul was a Jew, they put forward a prominent Jew, named Alexander, to defend them. The Mob Qualled. "The townclerk" at length interfered and argued with the excited people. 1. The worship of Diana was so settled in Ephesus that no company of Jews could overthrow it. You have no real cause for violence. "The image" of Diana "which fell down from Jupiter," their chief god, at meteoric stones fall from the sky. Thus was peace and quiet restored. The signs of these times meant that it was best for Paul to leave immediately for another field of labor, while Ephesus was settling down into quiet peace, and the church continued to grow in character and numbers. Therefore Paul bade the beloved church good-by and "departed for to go into Macedonia" (Acts 20: 1). 2. Paul had not committed the wrong with which he was charged. His converts had been very careful not to blaspheme the goddess. His method of overcoming idolatry is quite noticeable. The contrast between them and the teachings a1 character of the idol gods was the argument. 3. There was a better way of redress, if there were need, through the law courts. 4. There was danger that the Roman government might interfere and deprive a turbulent city of its greatly prized liberties. PUDDINGS ALL LIKED POPULAR DESSERTS FOR ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. Directions for Preparation of Five Delicious Confections — Spanish Rice Pudding Makes a Welcome After-Dinner Dish. Lemon Pudding—Required: One egg, one ounce of butter, one teacupful of flour, half a teaspoonful of grated lemon rind, one teacupful of grated sugar, one teaspoonful of baking powder. Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg, sift in gradually the mixed flour, baking powder and lemon rind. Pour into buttered basin and steam for one hour. If a large pudding is required, take double quantities of everything. Baked Sultana Pudding—Half a pound of flour, half a pint of milk, one egg, two large tablespoonfuls of chopped suet, quarter of a pound of sultanas, half a teaspoonful of ground ginger, one teaspoonful of baking powder, a little grated lemon rind. Mix all the ingredients together, and then pour in the beaten egg and milk. Beat well for a few minutes, pour into a greased pie dish and bake for an hour. Turn out and serve, sprinkled with white sugar. Spanish Rice Pudding—One teacupful of rice, one pint and a half of milk, one tablespoonful of sugar, one inch of cinnamon, jam, the white of an egg. Boil the rice slowly in the milk with the cinnamon, till the milk is absorbed. Take up the cinnamon and add the sugar, and let it cool a little. Butter a pie dish, spread a layer of rice over the bottom, then a thin layer of jam, and so on till the dish is full. Let the rice come last. Beat the white of an egg till stiff, pile it roughly over the pudding and serve. Ginger Pudding — Quarter of a pound of suet, three ounces of bread crumbs, three ounces of sugar, one teaspoonful of powdered ginger, six ounces of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, half a pound of treacle, half a pint of milk. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Warm the treacle and milk strt into the dry ingredients, put into a greased mold and boil for four hours. Steamed Marmalade Puddings—The weight of two eggs in butter and sugar, one teaspoonful of baking powder, three ounces of flour, one egg, one gill of milk, one tablespoonful of marmalade Floating Island. Make a cake as follows and cut in squares: Cream one-quarter cup of butter with one cup of white sugar, add one egg beaten light, one cup of milk, a saltspoon of salt and two cups of flour sifted with four level teaspoons of baking powder. Turn the batter into a shallow pan and bake. Make a custard from four cups of milk heated in a double boiler. Turn in $1\frac{1}{2}$ cups of sugar in which is mixed six level tablespoons of corn starch. Cook ten minutes and pour about one-quarter of it into three beaten eggs; return all to the double boiler and cook until the egg thickens. Cool and flavor with a teaspoon of vanilla. Serve squares of cake in small dishes with a teaspoon of jelly on each and a portion of the custard poured round it. Filled Raised Doughnuts Save out one quart of bread batter. Add one pint of milk, previously scalded, one-half cup butter, melted in the warm milk, two eggs well beaten with three-quarters cupful of sugar. Mix all well into the batter and add as much flour as can be stirred in with a spoon. Set to raise until light, then lift out onto a well-flooded bread board and roll out to about half or three-quarters inch thick. Cut with small-sized round biscuit cutter and let raise again until light. When nice and light, fry in hot lard, the same as other doughnuts. While they are still warm pry open with a fork and insert a teaspoonful of fig jam. Seal the opening with icing made with three tablespoonfuls of cream or milk with enough powdered sugar smoothed in to the proper consistency. Flavor icing with vanilla. To Take Place of Meat Stuffed Cabbage: Open the leaves of a cabbage, scoop out the heart, and fill the cavity with a forcemeat made of one cupful of bread crumbs, one-half cupful of ground nuts, half a cupful of sweet milk, one, tablespoonful of butter, one egg, pepper and salt to taste. The the cabbage in a clean napkin and boil in slightly salted boiling water for two hours. Drain and serve with slices of caper and hard boiled eggs. Slice in half-inch slices. Peppermint Drops Put a cup and a half of granulated sugar and a half-cupful of cold water into a saucepan over fire, and stir constantly until sugar is dissolved. Cook for about ten minutes. Take from fire and beat vigorously until mixture begins to thicken. Then add six drops of oil of peppermint, enough to make the flavor strong. Drop from a spoon on oiled paper and set fn a cool place to harden. American Chops To two parts of shredded codfish add one part of hot seasoned mashed potatoes. Bind fish and potato with beaten egg. When cool mold into form of chops. Insert piece of macaroni for chop bone. Dip in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs. Fry to a golden brown in deep fat. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA USING THE LEFT-OVER MEATS Potpourri Roast, Prepared According to Following Directions, Will Be Found Excellent. Chop fine with mincing meat any left-over meats (beef, veal, poultry or game). To about four pounds of meat take about six eggs, one nutmeg (grated), one cup of good butter, piece of beef suet chopped fine, about two cupfuls of bread crumbs, one quart of milk, salt and pepper to taste; mix all well together. Now take about three-fourths of a cupful of good butter, rub to a cream, stir into this four eggs, beat in one at a time for a minute, add a little finely chopped parley, about two cupfuls of bread crumbs, mix this all lightly and well together, wet the hands, and take a teaspoonful of this at a time, roll lightly into a round ball. You then take half of the prepared meat and lay about two inches thickness in a medium-sized roasting pan, but put pieces of butter and half suet in pan before putting in meat; now place a layer of dumplings on the meat on this, dust with a little flour, place pieces of butter on top, bake in a well-heated oven until dark brown, but baste often with its own drippings. Serve with crisp lettuce leaves (dipped in salted water) on platter around roast. Add a cupful of cream or milk to gravy, boil a few minutes. MUST BE KEPT IN DRY PLACE Important Point to Remember When Putting Away Pickles—Also Be Generous with Vinegar. Pickles should be kept in glass bottles or earthen jars, and be closely corked. They must be kept in a dry place. It is important that pickles should be covered at least two inches above the surface with pure cider vinegar. All vinegar left after making pickles can be spiced and bottled to put in sauces. Remember boiled vinegar decreases in strength. Alum will harden home-made pickles. A small lump of alum and a root of horseradish are often put among them. In making small pickles, select cucumbers of uniform size. Any fruit can be pickled. Prunes and cherries are nice when made into pickles. If cherries are chosen, they should be firm, whole and the sour variety. Few remove the stems. They should not be overripe when used. Put them into a jar and cover with cold vinegar. Leave three weeks in vinegar. Then pour off two thirds the vinegar, sweeten and add a bag of spices. Add more fresh vinegar to the cherries. After draining off the vinegar boil it and make a sirup to pour over the pickles. Seal the bottles. Brown Paper for Kitchen If you have a taste for cooking and like to go into the kitchen now and then to make some fancy thing, you can save the cook no end of trouble by the use of brown paper while you are at work. Before you begin with your bowls and things spread a large piece of paper on the table, and then put all your cooking utensils down on it and keep them on it. If you break eggs, throw the shells on the paper; in fact, the paper becomes the receptacle for all the "messiness", which is a natural part of preparing things to be cooked. When you have made your dish or arranged your salad, or finished the thing you are doing, all the debris can be gathered up in the paper and thrown away, leaving the table as clean as if you had not been at work. Filet of Beef. Have some fillet cut into slices about an inch thick, melt a piece of butter the size of an egg in a saucepan and put in flat the meat sprinkled with salt and pepper. Let it stand in the butter one hour, then put the saucepan over a quick fire and burn the meat on each side. Take the meat out and keep it warm, meanwhile add to the butter a tablespoonful of flour, stir it smooth; put in half a pint of bouillon, half a pound of mushrooms already peeled, washed and cut up if too large, and lastly the meat. Cook until the mushrooms are done. Add the juice of half a lemon and serve with the meat in the center of the dish, the mushrooms around it and the gravity poured over. Fresh Cucumbers in Winter Fill glass jars with cucumbers that have been slightly seasoned with salt. Put the top on the jar, turn them upside down, and let them stand for a while to test that there is no leakage. When put up in this manner cucumbers taste as fresh as if gathered right from the vines. They should be cut with a little of the stem left on. Rinse them in clear cold water when ready to serve. Corn, string beans, and green peas are put up with the same process, and especially corn on the cob. It requires no cooking, and should be put away in cold water. It will keep all winter perfectly fresh. Chocolate Pecan Cake. One-half cup butter and one cup sugar beaten together, two eggs well beaten, one cup milk, one cup chocolate sirup, one cup maple pecans (I got both of these at a soda fountain), one cup raisins, one half teaspoonful soda dissolved in the milk, three and one-half teaspoonful vanilla. Mix quite thick and bake in moderate own for 45 minutes. Red Vegetable Salad. Chop fine one cup each of cold boiled potatoes, pickled beets and raw red cabbage. Mix and serve with a French dressing made with the vinegar in which the beets were pickled. To Taper the Fingers Most women in trying to make their fingers more tapering will stroke them from the base to the tip. A well-known manicure has said that the process should be reversed. Clasp the tip of each finger between the thumb and first finger of opposite hand, and stroke firmly but gently backward from the tip as when working on a glove. Is the thirty Fidelit an end JOHN M. 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PURE GOODS. FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street. [Near Old Market.] Richmond Virginia double SCCO.X usually have The regular retail price of this item is $12.99 per pair, but to introduce we will sell yourself a pair. You will no MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Tasks or Glass will not let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. Importance of Sitting Correctly Is One All Too Frequently Underestimated. "Learn to sit 'serenely' if you would acquire distinction of manner," advises the April grandmother in the New York Herald "It may seem an unimportant matter, but nevertheless comparatively few young girls know how to properly seat themselves, look comfortable when they are seated or get up gracefully from a seat. One reason for this awkwardness is due to the fact that teachers who are not themselves fastidious in regard to physical polite permit their pupils to rush into a classroom and fall upon a seat, instead of constraining them to enter deliberately and sit down. After a time the pupil who is permitted to assume an unconventional position when at her desk gats into the habit of wriggling nervously from one side of her chair to the other, sits on one foot or spreads her knees widely apart—attitudes which are not only uncomfortable but vulgar. "Many girls look awkward and uneasy when seated because they slide onto a chair from its side instead of from its front edge and do not allow themselves sufficient space to turn in when approaching a seat. When ready to sit down one foot should be slightly in advance of the other, so that by pivoting on the toes, bending the hips and knees the body will swing easily onto the chair. Care should be taken to place the hips as far toward the back of the seat as it is possible to get them. "The girl who sits on the edge of a chair and leans far backward is in as awkward an attitude as she can possibly assume and one that will not only impel her to cross her knees but help to injure her spine. She should remember that when seated the hips must invariably be further back than the shoulders, otherwise it will be impossible to sit erectly, gracefully or comfortably—which, of course, means serenely. This attitude will bring both feet in their correct position—squarely upon the floor and partly covered by the skirts. The consciousness that one has small, prettily shaped feet is not an excuse for thrusting Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its memoaries are pledged to exhibit Pidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also con- situtes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgruiz one. For all information concerning the Children's Department address. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address KNIGHTS OF PYTHIA'S 50 about allow- from satia- men pumped than being given abric on the pair, but for Notice the thick rubber tread. "A" and puncture strip wip- and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This tire will outlast any other make-SOFT, ELASTIC or EASY RIDING. good same day letter is received. We ship C. O. D. on examined and found them strictly as represented. (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair if you returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are really reliable and money sent to us is safe as in a and that we can easier, run faster, tire you never used or seen at any price. When you want a bicycle you will give us your order, this remarkable tire offer. When you want a pair of our Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which is at about half the price we offer. on anyone until you know the new and wonderful learn everything. Write it NOW. MPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. them forward, and in my youngest days every gentlewoman's ankles were solely a matter of supposition so far as the public was concerned." A The skirt is plain. The pretty jacket with basque attached, is ornamented below the waist with buttons and loops of cord. The collar and cuffs are of embroidered batiste. Serge is in Favor. Serge is being used a great deal for dresses, as well as for tailored suits, but always in the most severely tailored styles. The material does not encourage embroidery or elaboration in any way, but it has other merits in N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most power- has been phenominal. The Grand er all of the cities and counties is led to organize a new lodge. The largest features, but the principles sued on Friendship, based on Cha- the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. an endowment and burial benefit to per week sick dues. The badge galla. For information concerning curts of Calant in the Order. It requires a mem- burt. Its memboers are pledged and prove Love one for the other. benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 funeral occasions. ANTHE or Children's Department cannot do better than to enter the final and the benefits all that could death benefits of from $30.00 to $4 our neighborhood, orgrniz one. aing the Children's Department a is the most powerful in the county. The Grand Lodge of Virginia and counties in this state. New lodge. The benefits paid to the principles are greater than, based on Charity and establishment people of the state will import. Burial benefit of of $200.00 for its. The badge costing 75 centsation concerning the organization concerning the organiza Calanthe requires a membership of are pledged to exhibit for the other. It pays pays $3.00 per week sick of the badge, 50 cents and men's Department also con- can to enter the little ones into all that could be expected. from $30.00 to $40.00. If you be orgruiz one. Department address. Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M. 120 W. H. erning special rates of courts, address JOHN 3 IY. 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Satin-Finished Foulard The season's love for toulards has spurred the manufacturers to greater efforts, and we have this summer a wider choice of these soft fabrics than ever before. Their width, which is 45 inches, makes the material one that is especially advantageous, for it adapts itself well to the demand for tunics, peplums and princess models. Foulard seems to have a more brilliant finish than formerly, so it has slipped easily into the place left by the waning popularity of satin. Lives Up to the Title "Now, Mr. Bumpemall," said the city directory canvassers, "what is your business or occupation?" "I am one of the busy bees in the "I am one of the busy bees in the hive of industry," was the reply. "Then you are a workingman?" queried the directory man. "No, I'm engaged in working men, and I call myself a busy bee because most people who come in contact with me get stung," explained Bumpomall. A Little Life Tragedy "I'm sorry that your daughter didn't make a success on the stage. I was sure she would. In fact, I was one of those who urged her to make the attempt." "I know you were," replied the mother, sadly. "And there are a lot like you who praised her voice when she was singing for charity, but who refused to pay any money to hear her sing." There are Worse Plights Senor Castro was talking to a newly-made acquaintance in Spain. "Sir," he bewailed, smiling his chest three times. "I am a man without a country!" "Cheer up," said the other, an embitly practical person. "Just think how you would feel if you were a man without a wad." Your patronage is THE ECONOMY ment also con- the little ones into this mystue ld be expected. It pays from $40.00. If you have noPythian address. STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right kin of stimulant. Special prices We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. 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Current is supplied from adjacent storage batteries. On its passage down the chutes the milk will alternately be subjected to positive and negative current, causing the rapid separation of the particles of cream. The milk and cream will finally drop into the receptacle at the bottom, the cream collecting upon the surface, where it can be readily removed by skimming. The inverter claims that the alternating current is preferable, effecting a quicker separation of the cream than can be obtained by currents passing in one direction. NOTES OF THE DAIRY Clower enclosure contains more than twice as much more available protein as corn enclosure. The daily cow uses practically three-fourths of her ration for bodily maintenance and energy. It doesn't pay to buy stock or machinery just because it is cheap, never did and probably never will. If skim milk is added to the ration fed to young chickens it will increase the consumption of other foods given. Handle the cows in such a way that they will be gentle. The gentle cow almost invariably gives the most milk. Feed which has been allowed to get wet will ferment or sour readily and cause intestinal disorders. Don't feed it to your stock. A feed of roots, especially carrots, is greatly relished by the colt, if when they are cut up, a little oatmeal is scattered over them. Don't worry about the breed. Perhaps she is only one-eighth Jersey or Holstein but if the rest is good dairy cow she is all right. The dairy cow needs exercise but she will get it working over the large amount of feed she will consume. She will not need running to get it. A good many dairymen are feeding skim milk to their cows. The animals seem to relish it and as it is not a fattening food it does them no harm. Remember that flies breed in filth and dust and carry more disease than rats. Clean up every breeding place and screen them out of the house and dairy. Whether or not it pays to grind corn for fattening pigs depends upon the price of corn and the facilities and cost of grinding, which vary with the seasons and the conditions on the farms. The Babcook test for ascertaining the percentage of butterfat in milk and cream is reliable but dishonest or incompetent hands can make it a delusion and a snare. Milking Tubes Often Dangerous Many a valuable hard milking cow has been ruined, owing to the fact that the milker has been compelled to use a milking tube, and by the use of the milking tube the cow has become infected, oftentimes losing one or more quarters. It is not advisable to use a milking tube if one can possibly get along without it says a writer in the Baltimore American. The proper method of handling or overcoming hard milking in cows or heifers it by the use of a teat plug. The teats should be washed with a germ-killer solution and the teat plug dipped in the same solution, then dipped in a little healing ointment and passed into the point of the teat. The teat plug, being self-retaining, should be permitted to remain in the teats from one milking to another. This will positively overcome hard milking in cows and heifers. This same treatment is exceedingly valuable in the treatment of sore teats where the sore is at the point of the teats and interferences with milking. LATH PROTECTS THE MILKERS Frame Shields Person From Cow's Tail and is Handy During Fly Time in Summer. Here is a plan for protecting the milker from a cow's tail, particularly during fly time. Two six-inch boards, 2½ or three feet long, are fastened to together with lath as indicated in the illustration. Another board of the same length is set at a short during my time. Two six-inch boards, 2½ or three feet long, are fastened together with lath as indicated in the illustration. Another board of the same length is set at a short distance and is connected with a six-inch board three feet long, says a writer in Prairie Farmer. The frame is placed so that the lath work comes at the milker's left hand as he is sitting at the side of the cow. The rear board extends past his back. I have used this plan for some time and find that it is very satisfactory for protecting the milker from the tail. COLD STORAGE FOR BUTTER Illustration Showing How Well Can Be Utilized During Warm Weather for Cooling. The accompanying picture, taken from the American Agriculturist, shows how a well may be utilized during the warm months for cooling butter, milk and other perishable articles. It will be found very handy as a substitute for a refrigerator when the farmer has not an ice supply. Anyone can make a triangular-shaped frame for the windlass, which is placed above the well, and anyone can also put the trap doors in the platform of the well. These doors C. Cold Storage for Milk. should be provided with a lock, so children cannot fall in. A pin may be placed on the handle side of the windlass to prevent the crank from turning around when the box is lowered to the desired depth. The drawing is only suggestive. The shape and size of the various parts will depend upon the style of the well. Preferably the box should be made of galvanized iron and have perforations in the bottom, so it may be lowered right into the water. Of course this would not be feasible if the materials to be kept cold were not first placed in sealed receptacles. Where a well with a bucket pump or the ordinary wooden pump is the only available place to put such a cooler, the cooler may be put at one side of the well. If necessary, the position of the pump may be shifted. VALUE OF RECORD TO FARMER Makes One Careful of Details and Gives Definite Account of Every Business Item. It is a good thing to keep records of all farm operations. They may seem trivial at the time, yet some day are sure to be of value and are a great help and satisfaction in clearing up difficulties that constantly arise. It requires only a small amount of work to keep them if the work is done regularly and systematically. From the fact that records are kept at all makes one careful of details and interested in making the things of which the records are kept to turn out best. It helps the farmer to have a firm grasp on affairs and to know just where he stands in all his work. He knows whether he is running his farm or any branch of his farming at a profit or at a loss. In no branch of farming are records of more importance than in dairying. It is of actual money importance to know whether a cow is making a profit on her feed or is eating more than she is worth. It is also a good thing to know when cows are bred and when they are expected to freshen. The creamy man knows to a fraction of a pound what he is taking in and what he is selling. He must keep accurate accounts. He would be involved in all kinds of difficulties if he could not give a definite account of every item of his business at any time. What is true of the creamy or any business operation is similarly true of dairying. The trouble with most farmers is that they do not know where they are at and do not seem to care. If they get along in some way that is all they want. They may be losing in some operation and yet not know it, simply because they have no definite knowledge of profits and loss of the operation. Their cows may be making them money or eating their heads off, yet it is all the same to them. The warmth of the cow stable influences the maintenance ration, but in making the stable warm do not forget to allow for good ventilation, upon which depends the health of the cows. A Practical Love. Miss Gush—Oh, aren't you fond of animals? Mr. Shy—Of some, I am. I am very fond of oat lamb. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. OUR NEXT STORY. Paid In Full Novelized by John W. Harding From Eugene Walter's Play That Has Stirred This Country. ILLUSTRATED BY PARKER A Great Moral Forcibly Presented What a patient and self sacrificing young wife endured for love, is made vividly real in this wonderful story. An intensely absorbing tale that causes the reader to imagine himself living the part of a character in this word drama of action and life. Commences Week of 28th on Page 2. THE CANOE PICNIC ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT OF SUMMER OUTINGS. Adapted Above All to a Breakfast Party—Simple Meal That Will Be Invariably Enjoyed to the Full. As breakfast parties are becoming more and more popular, the canoe picnic is coming to center around sunrise rather than sunset. There is no more lovely time of a warm, dry day than from six to nine in the morning, unless it be the full of the moon, which does not come often enough for many summer excursions. You start out with the pink glow in the sky, and the birds musically searching out their breakfast, and by the time you have paddled briskly down stream you are ready for a hearty campfire breakfast. The meal can be packed ready to take the night before, so that there need be no delay in the start. Sandwiches will keep excellently if wrapped in oiled paper, which can be bought at ten of fifteen cents a roll. I say sandwiches, because there will be no way of taking hot breads along. Simple marmalade and jelly fillings will probably be most appreciated for breakfast. A really simple meal of steak or bacon and coffee, broiled over a campfire, will taste as well to sharpen appetites as many a fancier combination. And in the first course watermelon will be easier to manage than canteloupes. For the cream and the coffee, if one prefers to make the latter before starting, there are some vacuum as ceptacles on the market which would keep the one cold and the other hot. Both pitcher and bottle have an inner and outer covering between which is an air space which will keep the contents at the same temperature for several hours. The 25-cent paper luncheon sets, each containing an imitation damask crepe paper tablecloth; a dozen crepe paper napkins, half a dozen doilies, and plates of stiff white cardboard, all prettily decorated, serve well for such a picnic, as they can be added to the bonfire when the meal is over. COOL BLOUSES FOR SUMMER. Those of China or Japanese Silk Are Decidedly Comfortable in the Hot Weather. Soft, cool blouses of China or Japanese silk are popular for summer wear. Besides being comfortable, their great advantage is that they launder beautifully. The white silk blouses with a fine color stripe are pretty with a pongee or tussure suit the color of the stripe. One smart looking blouse was made with inch-wide plaits, back and front, and stitched on the edges, and finished simply with flat pearl buttons. A dainty blouse of lavender and white stripe was made with graduated tucks formed into a yoke effect in front, in which the lavender effect predominated. A light, fluffy look is given by the employment of a plaited frill down the front. Where the blouses have not attachable collars, they are worn with embroidered linen ones, finished with dainty lace jabots. For Freckles. Freckles are a great source of worry to the average summer girl, and, indeed, she hails with delight any recipe which will help remove the obstinate things. It is well known that buttermilk is good for the complexion and will help remove the unsightly spots from the skin. Another very good remedy is the juice of a watermelon. This is a novel lotion, but one which most girls will prefer to buttermilk, for it is not so oily, and, furthermore, it is easily procured at this time of year. When it is impossible to get the melon juice, a splendid preparation is made up of 15 grains of borax, one half ounce of lemon juice, one-half dram of sugar and one dram of cologne. Let the mixture stand a day or two, and then mop on the face with a bit of absorbent cotton at night. Yellow Modish. Everywhere one sees pale yellow in gowns, wraps and hats, Prophets preach a yellow season. Of all shades on the shop shelves the most fashionable just now is orange. This is a dye that exactly matches the fruit. It is alluring in panne velvet for the long military cape, which is gaining in fashion every day, and is fetching used on huge white straw hats, molded after the graceful, simple lines of the second empire. It come in linings to use under spotted and figured net gowns, and for petticoats to wear under smart frocks or coat suits of white serge or homespun. Proof. "Music is the food of love." We know it from the flats above; Where newly wedded couples stay. The photographs run night and day. A Hard Job Ahead of Him "You certainly have a wonderful voice," said the great impresario, "and your dramatic fire is all that could be desired. I will engage you for next season if you can do one thing." "What is that?" asked the eager young American. "You must manage in some way to change your name of William Bowers so that it will sound Italian." Getting Started. "My dear," said Wedderly the other morning, "business is dull just now and we must economize." "Very well," replied Mrs. Wedderly. "I know all the places in town where bargains are to be had, so write me out a check and I'll begin economizing with the money as soon as I can get it cashed." "There is one thing," remarked the man who thinks useless thoughts. "that everybody knows." "What is that?" queried the party of the dense part. "Everybody knows that other people make mistakes," answered the useless thinker. 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He was one of those comic paper funny chaps—not because he was lost to all sense of shame, but because he needed the money. "No," he said, in reply to the query of an acquaintance. "I never make puns any more. The last one I got off cost me a cool $50,000." "How was that?" queried the other. "Shortly after my marriage," said the expurser. "a couple of my aunts who were very fat, not very fair, and considerably over 40, came to visit us for a few days—so I learned afterward. Well, my wife met me at the door that evening upon my return home, and put me wise to their presence, so I hiked for the parlor and making a bow that would have turned Chesterfield pea green with envy I announced that it afforded me great pleasure to make my obeisance to my obese aunts. That settled it. They were passengers on the first homeward-board train." "And the $50,000?" queried the one man audience. "That's where the beiny flow is turned on," rejoined the humorous party. "A year later they got mixed up in an earthquake and when their wills were read it was found that I, their only living relative, had been disinherited and the $50,000 went to endow a home for friendless cats." MIND OVER MATTER. Terence Turtle—Jumping fishhooks! What are you doing so far from the water? Fresh Fish—Man not only swims, but is learning to fly, and since he SEVEN exists out of his element I have been taking a correspondence school course in breathing and walking. Science Finds Work. Science says that we have got To swat the fly, and that's Preliminary to a hunt That we must swat the rats "Sir, your dog kept me awake all night." "I know it," answered Mr. Sirius Barker. "The phonograph you keep going all evening makes him so nervous he can't sleep. I'm going to complain to the S. P. C. A." As a Dressing. "There is a little lamb in Kentucky that can turn on a faucet, help himself to ice water and then turn it off again." "Remarkable. I wonder if that little lamb knows the value of mint sauce." The Usual Thing "Is your husband having a good time on his vacation?" "I don't know. His letters so far to me consist of nothing but requests for things he forget do take." Outside Sarcasm. "Pa, why do they call the time when schools turn cut their graduates, 'commencements?' "Because, my child, when the graduates talk, it is then that the world begins to learn something." "Don't you think her waist is too dreadfully peek-a-boo?". "I don't know, when I met her she had on one of these peach-basket hats." Railroad Official—Well, our road is very much in the public eye these days, eh? Disgruntled Traveler—All I know about it, itsinders are. Knew His Man "I had a glorious dream last night!" exclaimed Mr. Grasper. "Did you really?" asked his friend. "And how much money was in the sack you dreamed you were holding?" But They're Pleased. "Cannibals are ultimate consumers." "Of what?" "Missionaries." Ficrr eo } iS OI ; ye More About the Jeffries-John- son Match. Plymouth. England, Avg. 12.— James J. Jeffries, on arriving here today from New York appeared to be surprised to learn that hia rep- resentative, Sam Berger, bad signed an agreement at Chicago yesterday for a championship fight detween Jack Johnson and Jeffries. “Ne one has any authority.” said Jeffries, “to make any such arrange ments in my absence. I have noth- ing to say about my fight with John- son. The match will come off if I have anything to do with it, un- jess one or the other of us dies. As to the date when the fight will oc- eur. Jt may be in six months, and t may be earlier, or even later, but the sooner the better.” Chicago. Aug. 12.—Sam Berger, acting as the representative of James J. Jeffries, in arranging for a ‘Ddout between the former world’s champion and the present holder of the pugilistic title, Jack Johnson, ‘was unperturbed today by the report that his authority to represent the big fighter had teen repudiated by Jeffries. JEFF WAS MISINFORMED. Mr. Jeffries had undoubtedly been misinformed as to what was done yesterday, and believes I con- Giuded a final agreement with John- fon,” said Berger. “I have tele graphed to him just what I i¢ in Sexotiating preliminary arrange- mente with Johnson, as he had kiven me specific authority to Wo. ‘The agreement signed yesterday ts mot and never was considered by we as final. Indeed, in its wording it rofers to the seitiement of the final details after the club offer is accepted. “The agreement contains only the preliminary articles, and I am satis- fied Mr. Jeffries will approve what Thave done.” President Comiskey. of the Chi- ‘ago Americans, said today that bus- iness affairs would prevent his hold- ing forfeits in the Jeftries-Johneon mateh. “I see I was named as stake holder,” he said, “and while 1 ap- Breciate being selected, I will have to pass the matter up. ‘I will be too busy tol give it attention. Jack Johnson, pugilist, was ar- Tested today for exceeding the au- Yomobile peed limit on Michigan avenue, and released on bond. JEFFRIBS'S CHANCES DEPEND ENTIRELY ON CONDITION Big Fellow Must Be Nearly as Good ‘as in Old Days to Defeat Negro. By Bill Blunt. It is a little early, perhaps, to @iscuss the proposed Jeffries-John- son contest, but even at this un- timely date the closer students of boring know the whole proposition marrows down to one point: How mear his old-time fighting form can Jeffries get? It isn't a case of how good Johnson is, but how bad Jef ie. With Jeffries 75 per cent as good as he was seven years ago, for mstance, there would be nothing to %, absolutely nothing. But there is the rub. If he can’t get “‘good,’ he is in for a fine trimming. No mat- ter how badly the sporting public tm general would like to eee John- son Wefeated, it must not be forgot- ten that he is a hard man to whip. The best evidence is that nobody in late years has come any way near whipping him. As a crude young- ster he lost to Joe Choynski, but mot once since then has he been fairly or decisively whipped. It is Johnson's superb defense that has carried him to victory in the past, rather than his powers of attack. “That is the keynote to the whole situation—his dofense. It means that Jeffries would have to de in such physical condition that he could force the fighting from the start and keep it up to the finish. Once let him tire or his wind g0 bad, and the battle would degene- rate into a sad spectacle, a repeti- tion of the Corbett-Sullivan Sight at New Orleans. It would be like « silver-tipped grizzly, exhausted trom his attack on the hounds, being a- nally hemmed in a corner. All the hunter would have to do would be to keep at a safe distance and de- Uberately pick him to Pieces. It might take a number of shots.to do ‘it, but the emt would come in time. Sentiment never won a glove fight in the world. The fans may “root” for Jeff until the cows come home, but it won't make him win. ‘The tender feeling and personal sympa- thy and admiration of the fans are very pretty and much to be sought after by any fighter, but they don’t spell victory. In this case it is con- ition first, Inst and always. After & long period of rest, spent tn in. Sifferent indolence, few borers come back. | Jeffries may prove an excep. Gon. for he always was « marvel of physical development, but this will be the most severe test of his career. . ee ) & great for to re of tose Jeary’ duration, it evar ine same time misleading. If Jeffries eve ee ee a ring, St couldn't well hap- [pen until February, 1910. That would allow bim Tour months after be returned from Europe. He sek- ed for that much time. Hts last aattle was with Jack Munroe, in 2904. Figure it out. LAST REAL FIGHT IN 1903. Even the Munroe bout should be thrown out when trying to dope out Jeff's chances of getting back into form. That Sight lasted but a round and balf, and Jeffries wasnjt in the ring long enough-to show whether or not be could travel over a long. Tough course. It will be necessary to date from the bout before the ope with Munroe. This was with Jim Corbett and took place in 1903. It was the last time Jeffries was ask- ec to show what he really had on ‘the shelf. He showed it all right that night. but ft was a long time ago. Can he get back into shape for a battle in 1910 with one of the toughest men he ever met? It will be impossible to tell until he has been in training a couple of months, He won't or can't know himself un- til then, no matter what anybody says, But he will have to be right, awfully near perfect, to. beat John: son. Don't forget that. Rather _ lines to write. but remember them. The dope isn't far wrong. | Even though each side might have a forfeit posted, a Jeffries- Jobnson rmatch is a long way from being a surety. Jeff sailed away without making known his demands or intentions; there ts a liability of @ hiteb when it comes time to talk over money, matters, because John- son is sure to have ne Ae to say, either one of them i? Hable to be overtaken by sickness or injured in the interim, especially the negro, if he continues to romp around in that automobile, and, on top of it all, Ketchell may break up the game by beating Johnson, if their match scheduled for October. goes through Stranger things than that have hap- pened. If such a thing should hap- hen. Jeffries wouldn't feel called up- on to fight again, and he would go back ingo retirement, happy. He has said) a hundred times that it te only Deckuse he thought it bie duty that he bas agreed to fight and then nix Johnson. With the latter out of the way Jef could stay retired Sea a SHOULD HAVE FIGHT. Nobody will be _uncharitable enotgh to blame the Enelsh and Australian promoters when they sa¥ they will bid for the Jeftries-John- son x0. A little advertising may be of some beneft to them, and can't do any harm to anybody. But ‘the only country where euch a con- test should be held is in these United States, ‘That i one thing Jeff owes bis country—if he fights, let it be on his native heath. The American Promoters can afford to outbid the foreigners. no matter what the lat- ter may offer, so there would be no Sane reason for letting the match Slip away. Jeff won his title in this country and announced his retire- ment in this country. His title was fought for by Hart and Root at Reno, and later by Hart and Burns at Los Angeles. Burns lost it at Sydney to Johnson, put there wasn't the interest im that match that there would be with Jeffries one of the principals. If Jeff fights Johnson, it will te to regain the title he re- Unquished. for Johnson technically is champion. The retired champ won it once in this country, and if he is to re-win it, let it be done here. It may savor some of jingoism, but even so. A good guess would be that Jeff is patriotic enough to look at it in the same light. His closest friends say he has intimated gs much. —New York American. SVORTING MEN DOUBTFUL Hard to Convince Them That Heavy- weights Will Meet in Fang. New York, Aug. 12.—Even with tentative articles of agreement sign- ed by Jack Johnson and Sam Berger manager of Jeffries, it 1s still hard to convince sporting men that these rival heavyweights will meet in the prize ring. There are several points arising from Wednesday's talkfest between Johnson and Berger in Chicago, that are not regarded with particular fa- vor by men who have been i close touch with pugilistic affairs for years. It is a fact that Johnson of- fered to wager $1,000 that Jeff would never fight again ami that Berger dectined to accept the propo- sition. It is also a fact that Berger ‘readily agreed to reduce the amount of the side bet and then insisted that the fight should not taxe place until some time next April Furthermore, it is true that” Jof- fries’ manager inserted a paragraph in the articles of agreement, which Was pronounced today “a goker,” that the division of the purse, wheth- er on a 65 and 35 or 75 and 25 per cent. or winner take all basis, Js left entirely to the decision of the boilermaker. “Johnson can \refuse to fight if Jeffries says the winner must take all,” said a fight pro- moter today, “giving as an ex- cuse that Berger slipped one over on him. He can also refuse to ac- cept @ purse that may be regarded with favor by Jeffries. Furthermore, the negro may object to the selec- tion of a referee or he can delibe- rately flunk out of the match as be did in the case of Langford in Eng- land last May, “So far as Jeffries is concerned, if he has reduced his weight to 235, as he says be has, why does he want to put off a meeting with the black man until next spring? Wouldn't it look better if Jef insisted on fighting at an earlier date? Why doesn’t Johnson insist upon Decem- ber, as the time for action? ‘The answer is easy. Both men are go- ing to get more soft money by fill- ing vaudeville engagements in the fall and a greater part of the winter. “It they were dead anxious to set. He thelr differences in the ring they would begin training at in- stead of indulging in | tactics. It is unsafe to wager are sewed owes terres and have agreed upon every minute detafl,” iH + UND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Little Ones. “That boy of mine doesn't earn bis salt!” exclaimed Parmer Sassafras, in- dignantly, when be retermed frem holding down a cheese-box at the groc- ery. “I told him to milk the cows, slop the pigs, weed the onions, pat up the sheep, feed the horses, cut the kindling wood, draw the water an’ git the meat for breakfast, an’ here the cood-for-nothin’ rascal has finisbed up and gove to bed without waiting to put my horse in the stable!” Original “Biscuit.” “Biscuit” was until the ejghteenth century epelled “bisket,” as still pro- nounced, the current spelling being merely a renseless adoption of the modern French spelling without its pronunciation, “Bisket” originally meant a twice baked bread of the kind alluded to by Shakespeare in “As You Like It” where the melancholy Jacques informs the duke that his “brain is as drie ax the remainder bis- ket after a voyage Mader Mane Strange as it may seem, each ant bas at least six care, Aside from this multiplicity of ears, they are lo- cated in just about the queerest place imaginable—on the lege. So sensitive are thelr feet that they will detect the impact of a small birdshot dropped on a table from a height of about six Inches and about 14 feet distant from an artificial mest placed at the ether end of the table—St. Nicholas, te: Que Bae aaa Lae, ‘There was no chance for deception in the old-fashioned salt cod. A hat- chet was the handiest weapon for chopping of a supply, which was soaked overnight. ‘The fish was salt- ed while fresh from the briny amd it was dried im the open air—Boston Post. Had Time tor Gober ‘Thee. | In cid Holland, when a couple ap- plied for a divorces they were locked up in & one-room, trying-out cabin, with one dish and one spoon. If, after & month, they had not come to lim: erick, they got the writ, which was seldom asked for after this bundling Earthquake Areas of World. The most shaken countries of the world are Italy, Japan, Greece, South America (the Pacific coast), Java, Sicily and Asia Minor. The lands most free from these convulsions are Africa, Aurtralia, Russia, Siberia, Scandinavia and Canada. Paris in Line for Promotion. “Paris ts a wonderful center of so cial gayety and popular excitement” ‘Yes,” answered Mr. Cumrox, thought:| fully. “I should not be surprised if Patix might one day claim recognition as the Pittsbure of France.” Her Modification. “Would you believe that I once had tresses that hung to my waist?” “Did you, indeed?” “Yes,” continued the conscientious girl, “but waists were under the arms that yeur.”—Loulsville Courier-Journal ‘What Would the Church Say? ‘Mf a preacher's wife, in the privacy ot her own family, took the chicken breast and gave her husband the hack ‘would she be turned out of the church % it became known?—Atchison Globe. ‘pe te the Quilt. tatintites. “When o split infinitive ts clear and concise,” shouts Hilly Morgan from the housetops, “and more forcible than an unsplit with an adverb following, let her split."—Kanaas City Journal. Negative, “The firet duty of young woman- hood,” advises @ commencement ore- tor, “is to learn to aay no.” With a mental resersation now and then, Uncle Ezra Says. “Sometimes a man will laff at a cat fur chasin’ its tail, which is there, then go out an’ chase @ rainbow hint self, which ain't there. pestinatttnn When the baby gains three pounds in two weeks it’s because he’s so nat- urally amart; when he doesn't it's the ‘miliman’s fault What's the Use? “What's the use,” asks Uncle Bera, “in teachin’ an ol’ darg new tricks, anyway; ain't the o! ones bad ‘enough? And Thick. It does not take a phrenologist to find out that a good many persons have a big head —Philadelphia Bulle tin, . Goodness and Happiness. Hamilton: A cottage, if goodness be there, will hold as much happiness fs a palace. ‘ae Wiad caine, ‘That man is nobly holding his own. Orthodoxy teaches that he was orlg- nally < sinner.—Cleveland News, Romance of the Future. “Do you see that cloud? 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